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From: ix654@sdcc6.UUCP (ix654)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: Pink Panther info wanted
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Date: Sun, 24-Feb-85 19:14:37 EST
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> > David Niven was the "Pink Panther" (the jewel thief) in the original movie.
> 
> Uhh... the Pink Panther was the *jewel* in the original movie; you were
> supposed to be able to see a pink panther in the jewel if you looked at
> it in the right ...

   The thief's nickname (at some point Sellers says: "... the
notorious `Phantom'..."; hard to catch because of Clouseau's accent)
begins with "P" as well, so everybody assumes that the monogram on
the white glove, Phantom's trademark, stands for "Pink Panther".
This is the source of confusion. 
   BTW, the thief was also played by Christopher Plummer. Someone
also mentioned "Shot in the Dark" (?), which was the _first_
Clouseau movie with all the works (Insp. Dreyfuss, Cato etc.) but no
relation with the later "Pink Panther" plots.

                                      E.J. Behr, UCSD
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