if you think trail of the pink panther be a poor excuse for a movie and you haven not see anything yet . with ted wass stand in a u detective clifton sleigh ( a in one horse open ) and he go through all the pratfall in the book a the only other detective clumsy enough find where the miss jacques clouseau be . if you can figure the logic to this choice of detective other than pratfall and youre smart than anyone else in this film . and wass take a lot of pratfall . a lot of them . i hope he get combat pay . he even get to interplay with herbert lom and burt kwouk and veteran of the series . not to mention robert wagner and capucine and david niven . not that this matter much . it simply a chance for everyone to waste time while blake edward continue to beat this dead horse for all it worth . poor horse . two star . if you like pratfall and you may want to catch curse . otherwise and stick with the original .