Christopher Plummer’s Cream Suit in The Return of the Pink Panther

Christopher Plummer in The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) Vitals Christopher Plummer as Sir Charles Litton, retired jewel thief The Middle East, Summer 1974 Film: The Return of the Pink Panther Release Date: May 21, 1975 Director: Blake Edwards Wardrobe Supervisor: Bridget Sellers WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background If you’re one of the sartorial purists who subscirbe to rules like “no white after Labor Day”, then let this post serve as inspiration for the upcoming weekend; if you don’t believe in such restrictions, then this post can inspire you all year long. After an eleven-year hiatus (ignoring Alan Arkin’s take on the role in ’68), director Blake Edwards and actor Peter Sellers brought the bumbling Inspector Clouseau back to the big screen in The Return of the Pink Panther. Unlike subsequent films that seemed to redefine the titular “Pink Panther” as Clouseau himself, this title correctly refers to the reappearance of the priceless pink gem from the first film. Clouseau again…