Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.
The Pink Panther Strikes Again is the fifth crime comedy film in The Pink Panther series, released in December, 1976. Set three years after the conclusion of The Return of the Pink Panther (1975), unused footage from the film was later included in Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), released over two years following the death of Peter Sellers.