Yes, it's a pretty cheesy film, but you've gotta love Herbert Lom's comic acting (rivalling that of Sellers, in my opinion). The scene where he's trying to give a tribute to the "dead" Inspector Clouseau had me incapacitated. If you watch get to see it - check out the bit where he says "we are here to say..(pause)..goodbye". And on the word "goodbye" he glances at the coffin with a sly look that combines happiness, relief yet still some hatred...absolute genius.
sharei've always liked Lom's Dreyfus, but i think sometimes the jokes with him get a bit redundant... the way he winks when he's going crazy, though, gets me every time! :-)
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Peter Sellers is a comic genious but I do not think the series would of worked without Herbert Lom as Clouseus long suffering boss Charles Dreyfuss. The winking of the eye and the cracking-up laugh,Brilliant. The first pp movie had its moments but it was missing Lom (as well as clouseu man servant cato).That is the reason I do not rank this film as one of my favorite pp movies.
shareYes, I cannot see another actor playing inspector Dreyfus since he became as integral to the popularity of the movies as Peter Sellers was as Clouseau. One can easily identify with being a man with the knowledge Clouseau is a total moron with no clue about nothing and yet the rest of the world sees him as a 20'th century Sherlock Holmes. As Dreyfus put it brilliantly to his shrink: "There's not any man like him anywhere in the world". In Return of the Pink Panther Lom and Sellers delivered these immortal lines: Dreyfus:"The man was the look-out man for the bankrobbers". Clouseau:"That's impossible.How can a blind man be a look-out?". Dreyfus:"HOW can an IDIOT be a policeman,ANSWER ME THAT!" Clouseau:"It's very simple.All he has to do is enlist". Clouseau didn't even realize Dreyfus had insulted him.Poor Dreyfus.Lom did well as him.
shareyeah he is pretty funny in here, always trying to get Closeau.
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