The Pink Panther

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Pink Panther, 1964.

TCM's Dave Karger introduces The Pink Panther, 1964.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Pink Panther, 1964.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Pink Panther, 1964.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Pink Panther, 1964.

Suave Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) attempting to accommodate his finicky wife Simone (Capucine), who schemes behind his back, a famous scene from Blake Edwards' The Pink Panther, 1964.

Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) with hotel managers, then the "Phantom" himself, Sir Charles (David Niven), with Princess Dahla (Claudia Cardinale) owner of the famed jewel, in Blake Edwards' The Pink Panther, 1964.

Capucine, her character not introduced, flees a crime scene, followed by the first appearance of Peter Sellers, as "Inspector Clouseau," director Blake Edwards framing the story in the first film in the series, The Pink Panther, 1964.

Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) tries to stop a notorious jewel thief from nabbing a princess's diamond in The Pink Panther (1964), directed by Blake Edwards.