Trivia

Final film of composer Henry Mancini as he died a year later after the films release.

Final feature film of director Blake Edwards before his retirement and death in December 2010.

Elke Sommer didn't want to reprise the role of Maria Gambrelli, feeling there was no point without Peter Sellers.

At the start of the opening credits, Henry Mancini hands his conductor's baton over to the Pink Panther. In reality, he handed the baton to Geoffrey Edwards, with the Pink Panther being rotoscoped over Edwards in post-production.

Claudia Cardinale played a different character than she had in the original The Pink Panther (1963), in which she played Princess Dahla. In this film she plays Maria Gambrelli, a character in the franchise's second film, A Shot in the Dark (1964), played by Elke Sommer.

Henry Mancini: Uncredited, as himself playing a conductor handing a baton to the Pink Panther in the opening credits.

Nicoletta Braschi: Roberto Benigni's actress wife as Jacqueline Gambrelli.

Bobby McFerrin: Uncredited, as himself, during the opening titles, as a musician.