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
The Killers (1964 film) in his career. According to Kirk Douglas' autobiography "The Ragman's Son", Reagan regretted doing the movie, particularly because of a scene in which he slaps Dickinson. The main title and closing music, originally composed by Henry Mancini for the 1958 Orson Welles film "Touch of Evil", was drawn from the Universal Pictures music library and re-edited for use in this film. The song "Too Little Time", which was composed by Mancini with lyrics by Don Raye as the love theme from "The Glenn Miller Story", was sung in a new arrangement by Nancy Wilson. "The Killers" holds a rating of