oddly enough and this be the first pink panther film i ever saw . thanks to it flashback scene and i get interested in the pp series and eventually saw all the previous entry . although this film be clearly a bad idea from the beginning and the first half actually isn not too bad . i do not realize and until it be point out and that all of seller scene be delete ( or reuse ) footage from previous film . i have think ( like some other people who have comment ) that seller have actually film scene for this movie but die before finish while that testimony that edwards actually do a pretty good job of incorporate old footage into a new story . thing start to go wrong when the seller footage run out and at the moment closeau voice be dub in with the bad imitation imaginable . soon almost all pretense of a plot be drop . now we get pointless interview with past pp character that comprise a tribute ( often unbearably corny ) to closeau . he discuss a if he a movie character but the interviewee aren not while it all have nothing to do with how anyone would act if closeau be real or any of the plot be actually happen . flashback scene be over explained and and one in particular ( involve cato ) come so totally out of nowhere a to be confuse and disruptive . finally and the scene with the grape treaders be totally unnecessary . ( at least it be easily edit out for tv showing . ) not everything bad and though . herbert lom be the best thing about this movie while he hold it together as well a could be expect . show scene from closeau early life be a good idea and even if it wasn not carry out well . the part with the dog guide the old woman be original and funny . at the end plot point be leave unresolved all over the place and but that ok because be be set up for a sequel . one could say this movie shouldn not have be make . that arguable and but it certainly could have be make well than it be .