Herbert Lom portrays "Dreyfus," formerly the head of the Sûreté, now attempting to persuade a psychiatrist that he’s recovered from his fixation with Clouseau and is prepared for reintegration into normal life. It's not long before he reappears at Dreyfus’s hearing concerning his mental state—a setback, to say the least. Shortly after, Dreyfus has become so consumed by vengeance that he gathers a group of criminals w…

This 1976 film feels like a blend of James Bond and The Pink Panther, and it opens with the previously institutionalized Chief Inspector Dreyfus, played by Herbert Lom, about to be discharged—things are progressing smoothly until Clouseau appears. It doesn't take long for the recently stabilized former police commissioner Dreyfus to revert to a state of wild agitation; he demands that authorities hand over Clousea…