The Pink Panther The Pink Panther The Pink Panther is a British-American media franchise primarily focusing on a series of comedy-mystery films featuring an inept French police detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau. The franchise began with the release of the classic "Pink Panther" film in 1963. The role of Clouseau was originated by and is most closely associated with Peter Sellers. Most of the films were written and directed by Blake Edwards, with theme music composed by Henry Mancini. Elements and characters inspired by the films were adapted into other media, including books, comic books and animated series. The first film in the series
Switch (1991 film) score was canned and replaced by a variation, by Paul Young/Clannad of Joni Mitchel's song "Both Sides". Both the unused Mancini score and the pop song soundtrack were produced on CD in 1991, as a result of which two motion picture soundtrack albums exist for the film. Henry Mancini score Pop soundtrack Switch (1991 film) Switch is a 1991 comedy film written and directed by Blake Edwards. Based on George Axelrod's play "Goodbye Charlie" (and a 1964 film by the same title), it stars Ellen Barkin, Jimmy Smits, JoBeth Williams, and Lorraine Bracco. A promiscuous and rather misogynistic man, Steve