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Blake Edwards has 20 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1990s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Breakfast at Tiffany's.
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Operation Petticoat
1959 · Movie · Director
Top 13%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

A Shot in the Dark
1964 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 15%Prime Video · Included

The Great Race
1965 · Movie · Director
Top 19%Tubi · Free w/ ads

The Pink Panther
1963 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 25%Prime Video · Included

The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 26%MGM+ · Included

The Return of the Pink Panther
1975 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 29%MGM+ · Included

Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal

Hrundi V. Bakshi, an accident-prone actor from India, is accidentally put on the guest list for an upcoming party at the home of a Hollywood film producer. Unfortunately, from the moment he arrives, one thing after another goes wrong with compounding effect.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With Peter Sellers, Claudine Longet, Natalia Borisova

A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien

Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic series of mishaps, testing the patience of his irritable boss Charles Dreyfus as casualties mount.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sanders

A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers

An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford

Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood

The trademark of The Phantom, a renowned jewel thief, is a glove left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Clouseau, an expert on The Phantom's exploits, feels sure that he knows where The Phantom will strike next and leaves Paris for the Tyrolean Alps, where the famous Lugashi jewel 'The Pink Panther' is going to be. However, he does not know who The Phantom really is, or for that matter who anyone else really is...
Dir. Blake Edwards · With David Niven, Peter Sellers, Claudia Cardinale

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.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Leonard Rossiter

A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston

The famous Pink Panther jewel has once again been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is called in to catch the thief. The Inspector is convinced that 'The Phantom' has returned and utilises all of his resources – himself and his Asian manservant – to reveal the identity of 'The Phantom'.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer, Catherine Schell

Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is dead. At least that is what the world—and Charles Dreyfus—believe when a dead body is discovered in Clouseau's car after being shot off the road. Naturally, Clouseau knows differently and, taking advantage of not being alive, sets out to discover why an attempt was made on his life.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Dyan Cannon

When bachelor Walter Davis is set up with his sister-in-law's pretty cousin, Nadia Gates, a seemingly average blind date turns into a chaotic night on the town. Walter's brother, Ted, tells him not to let Nadia drink alcohol, but he dismisses the warning and her behaviour gets increasingly wild. Walter and Nadia's numerous incidents are made even worse as her former lover David relentlessly follows them around town.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With Kim Basinger, Bruce Willis, John Larroquette

Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with God for redemption and agrees to return to Earth. Once there, he must have a sincere relationship with a female and make her fall in love with him. If not, Steve's soul will become the property of the devil. But the devil hedges his bet, and Steve is reincarnated as a woman named Amanda Brooks.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With Ellen Barkin, Jimmy Smits, JoBeth Williams

A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews, Bo Derek
Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye named Mike Murphy. Both Speer and Murphy served on the force together and were once good friends, but are now bitter enemies. When Murphy's partner is slain they team up again to fight the mob.
Dir. Richard Benjamin · With Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander
Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With James Garner, Bruce Willis, Malcolm McDowell
The Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and the authorities call in Chief Inspector Clouseau from France. His plane disappears en-route. This time, famous French TV reporter Marie Jouvet sets out to solve the mystery and starts to interview everybody connected to Clouseau.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With David Niven, Peter Sellers, Capucine

Inspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for him. However, Clouseau's enemy, Dreyfus, rigs the Surete's computer to select, instead, the world's WORST detective, NYPD Sgt. Clifton Sleigh. Sleigh obtusely bungles his way past assassins and corrupt officials as though he were Clouseau's American cousin.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With David Niven, Robert Wagner, Herbert Lom
The illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau is on the case of the kidnapped Princess Yasmin.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With Roberto Benigni, Herbert Lom, Claudia Cardinale