Curse of the Pink Panther by Roger Moore—as Clouseau himself—at the end of the film. This was David Niven's final film appearance, and he died shortly before its release. This film marked Herbert Lom's sixth outing as Chief Inspector Dreyfus. He would reprise the role one last time in "Son of the Pink Panther" (1993). The prized Pink Panther jewel would not return until "The Pink Panther" reboot in 2006. This film featured the sixth "Panther" appearance of Clouseau's trusty manservant Cato (Burt Kwouk). Cato and Dreyfus debuted in "A Shot in the Dark" (1964). The film was a box office bomb and got negative
The Pink Panther Show and "Misterjaw" entries sourced from new prints of the original film negatives and transferred to videotape, resulting in sharper images. As "The Pink Panther" and "The Ant and the Aardvark" entries were sourced using theatrical prints (sans laugh track), a new, less invasive laugh track being employed on sitcoms at the time was added to the soundtrack for consistency to match the made-for-television "Misterjaw" entries and bumper sequences that retained their respective laugh-tracked soundtracks. The second version also incorporated several of the made-for-television "Pink Panther" entries from "The All New Pink Panther Show". Pre-1978 "Pink Panther" and "Ant and the