Blake Edwards dark psychological film about the effects of alcoholism on a previously happy marriage, starred Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick. It has been described as "perhaps the most unsparing tract against drink that Hollywood has yet produced, more pessimistic than Billy Wilder's "The Lost Weekend"". The film gave another major boost to Edwards's reputation as an important director. "Darling Lili" star Julie Andrews married Edwards in 1969. While a few critics such as George Morris thought the film a major picture ("it synthesizes every major Edwards theme: the disappearance of gallantry and honor, the tension between appearances and reality, and the
Blake Edwards "Revenge of the Pink Panther" (1978). (1968's "Inspector Clouseau", the third film in the series, was made without the involvement of Edwards or Sellers.) The films were all highly profitable: "The Return of the Pink Panther", for example, cost just $2.5 million to make but grossed $100 million, while "The Pink Panther Strikes Again", did even better. After Sellers' death in 1980, Edwards directed three further "Pink Panther" films. "Trail of the Pink Panther" (1982) consisted of unused material of Sellers from "The Pink Panther Strikes Again" as well as previously-seen material from the earlier films. "Curse of the Pink