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
Inspector Clouseau Inspector Clouseau Inspector Jacques Clouseau () is a fictional character in Blake Edwards's farcical "The Pink Panther" series. He is portrayed by Peter Sellers in the original series, and also by Alan Arkin in the 1968 film "Inspector Clouseau" and, in a cameo, by Roger Moore (credited as Turk Thrust II) in the 1983 film "Curse of the Pink Panther". In the 2006 remake and its 2009 sequel, he is played by Steve Martin. Clouseau's likeness also appears in the Pink Panther animated cartoon shorts and segments. More recent animated depictions from the 1970s onward were redesigned to more closely