A fresh version of The Pink Panther, starring Steve Martin as Clouseau, was released in 2006. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) This one has a few good sight gags, but mostly it just goes over much of the same old ground.
Other films included: A Shot in the Dark (1964), Inspector Clouseau (1968, with Alan Arkin as Clouseau), The Return of the Pink Panther (1974), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), Trail of the Pink Panther (1982, made after Sellers' death by using old clips), Curse of the Pink Panther (1983, with Roger Moore in a cameo as Clouseau), and Son of the Pink Panther (1993, with Roberto Benigni as Clouseau's equally clumsy son, also named Jacques). Play Trailer Just when you thought it was safe to go back to. The first, The Pink Panther was officially released in 1964. Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) PG (US) Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller 1h 39m User Score. Clouseau, who is trying to stop Cato from giving him any. Chong breaks into Clouseaus apartment to kill him.
The series relied on the deadpan slapstick skills of Peter Sellers, who played Clouseau in six different films. Chong is introduced as martial artist hired by Phillippe Douviers right hand man Guy Algo to assassinate Inspector Clouseau after proving his worth by taking out a group of the best hit men in France.
Clouseau fancies himself a suave master of deduction and disguises, but invariably ends up falling off couches, stumbling over potted plants and creating havoc while baffling interviewees with his ridiculous pat-thick accent. Inspector Jacques Clouseau is the comically clumsy French detective of the Pink Panther film series.