The Pink Panther

Revealing mistake: As Clouseau falls down the stairs when pretending to read the newspaper, you can see his legs flick up after he has supposedly fallen beyond sight - indicating he fell onto a mattress just below the camera's view.

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Revealing mistake: During the opening soccer match scene, the advertisement banners in the stadium appear backwards in several shots.

Revealing mistake: When Clouseau falls through the floor of Xania's room on to the hotel registration counter, you can see it is not Steve Martin but his stunt double.

Revealing mistake: When we see the gas going backwards into the canister during the Gas Mask Bandits attack at the Casino, you can see it is reversed footage.

Factual error: When Clouseau heard the footsteps of what he thought to be a lady and what we afterwards knew was the Russian trainer, he described how tall she was using the English system of feet and inches, not the metric system, which is used in France.

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Inspector Jacques Clouseau: The good-cop/bad-cop routine is working perfectly.
Ponton: You know, usually two different cops do that.

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Trivia: During the pre-credits sequence, Inspector Clouseau opens a door and says "You are under arrest!" to a baby in a cot. This baby is Pearl, daughter of Nina Ruscio, who has worked as production designer on several Shawn Levy films, including "Big Fat Liar" and "Cheaper by the Dozen".

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Question: When Clouseau and Ponton are in line at the airport. Is that Terrell Owens behind them? He only appears in a few shots. If it is, any idea why he's there? Is there a deleted scene with him?

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