The Return of the Pink Panther The Return of the Pink Panther The Return of the Pink Panther is a 1975 comedy film and the fourth film in The Pink Panther series. The film stars Peter Sellers, returning to the role of Inspector Clouseau, for the first time since "A Shot in the Dark" (1964), after having declined to reprise the role in "Inspector Clouseau" (1968). The film was a commercial hit and revived the previously dormant series. Herbert Lom reprises his role as Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus from "A Shot in the Dark"; he remained a regular thereafter. The character of Sir Charles Lytton, the
The Pink Panther Show preceding the show featured Henry Mancini's "Pink Panther Theme" played under a segment from "Pink Outs" featuring the Pink Panther folding the backdrop into a square to be eaten. The closer featured the last few seconds of the theme played under a scene from "Reel Pink" featuring the panther water skiing. MGM/UA created two versions of the syndication package. The first consisted of "The Pink Panther", "Inspector", "The Ant and the Aardvark" and "Texas Toads" entries sourced from film elements utilized during the program's original network run. The second version consisted of "The Pink Panther", "The Ant and the Aardvark"