The Pink Panther (1963 film)

The Pink Panther is a 1963 film in which the bumbling Inspector Clouseau travels to Rome to catch a notorious jewel thief known as "The Phantom" before he conducts his most daring heist yet: a princess' priceless diamond with one slight imperfection, known as "The Pink Panther".
 * Directed by Blake Edwards. Written by Maurice Richlin and Blake Edwards.

'''You only live once... so see the Pink Panther twice!!!'''taglines

Inspector Jacques Clouseau

 * [At a costume ball, to a police sergeant costumed as a zebra who drinks from the punch bowl] Any more behaviour like this and I'll have your stripes!
 * [having stepped on and broken the violin] Oh well, if you've seen one Stradivarius, you've seen them all.

Dialogue

 * Gem dealer 1: As in every stone of this size, there is a flaw.
 * Sultan: A flaw?
 * Gem dealer 2: The slightest flaw, your excellency.
 * Gem dealer 1: If you look deep into the stone, you will perceive the tiniest discoloration. It resembles an animal.
 * Sultan: An animal?
 * Gem dealer 1: A little panther.
 * Sultan: Yes! A pink panther. Come here, Dala. A gift to your father from his grateful people. Some day it will be yours. The most fabulous diamond in all the world. Come closer.


 * Princess Dala: [after Sir Charles Lytton kisses her] If I were my father, I'd have you tortured.
 * Sir Charles Lytton: No. If you were your father, I doubt very much if I would have kissed you.


 * Inspector Jacques Clouseau: I am willing to bet you ten thousand francs, that the phantom is in Cortina at this very moment. Even, perhaps, in this very room.
 * Simone Clouseau: How exciting. What do you think, Mr. Tucker?
 * Tucker: Oh, I agree with the inspector. You see, Ten of his last fifteen victims have been guests at Angela Dunning's parties.
 * Sir Charles Lytton: What are we all talking about?
 * Simone Clouseau: The notorious Phantom.
 * Princess Dala: I'm afraid I never heard of him.
 * Sir Charles Lytton: From the little I've read about him, he seems to be quite a fellow.
 * Inspector Jacques Clouseau: Believe me. There are few thieves who are as clever as the Phantom. Each theft is completely different and unique, classic in its conception.
 * George Lytton: I thought you were working on the theory that he does repeat himself.
 * Inspector Jacques Clouseau: Well, only as far as Angela Dunning's parties are concerned. However, there is one other duplication, but that is his ah... trademark, his calling card, so to speak. He always leaves a white monogrammed glove.
 * Princess Dala: Sounds terribly theatrical.


 * Tucker: Your Highness, if I were the Phantom, I'd have chosen my victim already.
 * Princess Dala: Really? And who would that be?
 * Tucker: Well, who owns the most fabulous diamond in the world?
 * Princess Dala: I suppose I do.
 * Inspector Jacques Clouseau: Exactly. The Pink Panther. Such a prize he could never resist. He would be bound to try for it.
 * Princess Dala: I'm afraid he'd be disappointed. The Pink Panther is in my safe, at...
 * Inspector Jacques Clouseau: [interrupting] Your Highness, please. Don't say it, not here.


 * Simone Clouseau: If I'm not being too nosy your highness, I read somewhere there was some dispute over the ownership of the Pink Panther.
 * Princess Dala: It belongs to me. It was a gift from my late father. I shall never surrender it.
 * Sir Charles Lytton: Why should you?
 * Princess Dala: When the present government seized power, they claimed the diamond was the property of the people. There's even some talk of the international court deciding the issue.
 * Sir Charles Lytton: I'll tell you what, why don't I steal the diamond, leave that old glove or whatever it is behind, and you and I can split the insurance.
 * Princess Dala: All right.
 * George Lytton: I feel like dancing. [to Princess Dala] Your Highness?
 * Princess Dala: I'd love to.


 * Police escort: Tell me, inspector - Signor Phantom - all those robberies. How did you ever manage it?
 * Inspector Jacques Clouseau: Well, you know... it wasn't easy.

Cast

 * David Niven - Sir Charles Lytton
 * Peter Sellers - Inspector Jacques Clouseau
 * Robert Wagner - George Lytton, Sir Charles' nephew
 * Capucine - Simone Clouseau, Inspector Clouseau's wife
 * Claudia Cardinale - Princess Dala
 * Brenda De Banzie - Angela Dunning
 * Colin Gordon - Tucker
 * John Le Mesurier - Defense attorney
 * James Lanphier - Saloud
 * Guy Thomajan - Artoff
 * Michael Trubshawe - Felix Townes, novelist
 * Riccardo Billi - Aristotle Sarajos, Greek shipowner
 * Meri Welles - Monica Fawn, Hollywood starlet
 * Martin Miller - Pierre Luigi, photographer
 * Fran Jeffries - ski lodge singer

Taglines

 * You only live once... so see the Pink Panther twice!!!
 * The star-studded international cast of the year sparkling in the wackiest, most wonderful sport - on the glamorous Italian Riviera where the jet-set swings, sways and plays...
 * A Madcap Frolic Of Crime and Fun