Trail of the Pink Panther Trail of the Pink Panther Trail of the Pink Panther is a 1982 British comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers. It was the seventh film in "The Pink Panther" series, the first film in the series following Sellers' death and also the last in which he appeared as Inspector Clouseau. Sellers died before production began. His performance consists only of deleted scenes from previous films. When the famous Pink Panther diamond is stolen again from Lugash, Chief Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) is called on the case despite protests by Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Herbert Lom). While on
Revenge of the Pink Panther he would write and shoot new footage around it with Sellers and company. Sellers balked at this and insisted that "Revenge" feature all new footage. Sellers' contract for "Revenge" gave him story approval, which is why that film carries a story credit for Edwards that none of the previous films had. The opening animated titles in the film were designed by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, who had been involved with the series since the animated titles of the original 1963 film, "The Pink Panther". It was the first time since "Inspector Clouseau" in 1968 that DePatie-Freleng animated the opening titles of a