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The Pink Panther Strikes Again
MEANRANK
69/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 54, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 84.
See the most agreed on films →The former Chief Inspector Dreyfus, driven completely insane by his obsession with Inspector Clouseau, escapes from a mental institution. He embarks on a plan to hold the world hostage using a powerful laser, with one sole demand: the elimination of Clouseau. World governments send their top assassins after the bumbling French detective, who remains blissfully unaware of the global chaos swirling around him as he stumbles through the investigation.
Details
- Director
- Blake Edwards
- Writers
- Blake Edwards, Frank Waldman
- Studio
- Amjo Productions, United Artists
- Released
- 16 September 1976
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $6.0M
- Box office
- $33.8M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 3 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 5 →1 major award won · 2 wins from 5 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1976 | Best Comedy – Adapted from Another Medium | Frank Waldman and Blake Edwards | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1976 | Best Original Song | "Come to Me" Music by Henry Mancini ; Lyrics by Don Black | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1976 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| Golden Globe Awards 1976 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Peter Sellers | Nominee |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards 1976 | Best Comedy | Blake Edwards | Winner |
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5 awards — The Pink Panther Strikes Again
×| Best Comedy – Adapted from Another Medium | Frank Waldman and Blake Edwards | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Peter Sellers | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | "Come to Me" Music by Henry Mancini ; Lyrics by Don Black | Nominee |
| Best Comedy | Blake Edwards | Winner |