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The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

★ 6.9 · 608 ratings on TMDB

Why are the world's chief assassins after Inspector Clouseau? Why not? Everybody else is.

The Pink Panther Strikes Again poster★ 6.9

Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.

DirectorBlake Edwards
CastBriony McRoberts, Burt Kwouk, Byron Kane, Colin Blakely, Dick Crockett, Graham Stark
GenresComedy, Crime
The emergence reading

The Pink Panther Strikes Again keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing authority, incompetence, espionage, humor.

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