Blake Edwards

Blake Edwards
Date of Birth: 26 Jul 1922
Country: USA
Total Credits at Criticker: 12 (Actor), 40 (Director), 45 (Writer), 1 (Creator)
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The Pink Panther
In the first movie starring Peter Sellers as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau, he tries to catch a jewel thief who is right under his nose (imdb)
A Shot in the Dark
As murder follows murder, beautiful Maria is the obvious suspect; bumbling Inspector Clouseau drives his boss mad by seeing her as plainly innocent (imdb)
The Great Race
Comedy about an early 20th century car race across three continents. (imdb)
The Return of the Pink Panther
Inspector Clouseau is put on the case when the Pink Panther diamond is stolen, with the Phantom's trademark glove the only clue. (imdb)
Switch
A sexist, chauvinist pig gets his just desserts when his angry ex-girlfriends murder him and he is reincarnated as a woman. (imdb)
The Party
A clerical mistake results in a bumbling film extra being invited to an exclusive Hollywood party instead of being fired. (imdb)
10
George Webber escapes from the bustle and headaches (and toothaches) of Los Angeles to the beaches of Las Hadas in Manzanillo... (imdb)
City Heat
A slick private eye and tough police lieutenant--once partners, now bitter enemies--reluctantly team up to investigate a murder. (imdb)
Curse of the Pink Panther
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.
Skin Deep
John Ritter portrays a womanizing, drunken, alcholic writer who's life seems to be falling apart at the seams... (imdb)
Revenge of the Pink Panther
To prove that he still is strong and powerful, Philippe Douvier decides to kill Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau. Once Clouseau's death has been announced, the former Chief Inspector, Charles Dreyfus, feels much, much better and is released from the mental hospital... (imdb)
S.O.B.
A film-within-a-film: a fading movie producer has a plan for a successful movie: get a actress famous for her wholesome image to appear in the nude on the screen.... much like this film itself. (imdb)
Victor/Victoria
A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life. (imdb)
Soldier in the Rain
Two highly irregulars, in the very regular army! And this is the story of the million-dollar schemes they dared, the fabulous dolls and dates, they shared. (Cedar Productions)
Son of the Pink Panther
Eighth entry in the Pink Panther. It is nearly 30 years since Inspector Jacques Clouseau managed to get Maria Gambrelli off from a murder charge (events of "A Shot In The Dark")... (imdb)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Charles Dreyfus escapes from the mental asylum and tries to kill Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau. He doesn't succeed at first, so he takes on another strategy, namely to build a Doom's Day machine and demand that someone else kills Jacques Clouseau, or Dreyfus will use the machine to wipe out whole cities and even whole countries... With about 22 assassins from all over the globe on his tail, Clouseau decides to find Dreyfus alone and put him back in the mental asylum. (imdb)
Trail of the Pink Panther
Sixth in Blake Edwards' Pink Panther series. 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... (imdb)
Sunset
Whilst making a silent film about the life of the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, veteran actor Tom Mix discovers that the real Earp is on the film set as a technical advisor. The two become friends, but when a murder takes place, the two become partners and set about tracking down the killer. (imdb)
That\
Harvey and Gillian Fairchild face a very difficult weekend. Harvey, celebrating his 60th birthday, is stressed and depressed. Gillian is awaiting the results of a throat biopsy. Their lives are further complicated by their three grown children, a ditsy neighbor, a fortune teller, and an alcoholic priest. (imdb)
Darling Lili
Set in Paris during World War I. Lili Smith/Schmidt is a German spy being requested to go under cover to help Germany during the war, to try and find out their plans. (imdb)
The Notorious Landlady
An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman suspected of murder. (imdb)
Drive a Crooked Road
An upright car mechanic falls in love with the girlfriend of a gangster. This forces him to participate in the criminal underworld. (imdb)
The Atomic Kid
A uranium prospector is eating a peanut butter sandwich in the desert where atom bomb tests are being done. He becomes radioactive, and helps the FBI break up an enemy spy ring. (imdb)
The Tamarind Seed
During a Caribbean holiday, a British civil servant finds herself falling in love with a Russian agent. (imdb)
Wild Rovers
An aging cowboy joins up with a beginner to rob banks. (TCM.com)
The Man Who Loved Women
This is the tale of a sculptor named David who has a major womanizing problem. He goes to seek help from a psychiatrist, Marianna, to cure him of his obsession with women. His story of sexual and romantic exploits with the ladies is told by Marianna. (imdb)
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way. Because of aerial reconnaissance, they must look like they are fighting. To sort this out an intelligence officer is sent in. Meanwhile the festival gets complicated with the Mayors daughter. (imdb)
This Happy Feeling
On a stormy night, young woman asks another guest at party to rescue her from her lecherous boss and take her to the train station. When her rescuer suggests that she stop at his place to get out of her wet clothes, she dashes from his car. The door she knocks on for help is the home of a retired actor and there she spends the rest of the night. He makes no passes and next morning she discovers young man who drove her from party is next door neighbor. The two men compete for her affections... (imdb)
Mister Cory
Cory, an ambitious Chicago slum kid with a knack for gambling, gets a busboy job at a posh Wisconsin resort...where his real purpose is to gamble with the staff and guests and romance rich young ladies. Setbacks follow, but Cory eventually rises to a high position in the world of professional gambling. But he just can't forget the glamorous Vollard sisters. And now he has even farther to fall. (imdb)
Gunn
Peter Gunn investigates the murder of Scarlotti, a mobster who once saved the detective's life. The primary suspect appears to be Fusco, who has taken over. In the middle of the case, an unclothed woman calling her self Samantha shows up at Gunn's apartment. The investigation gets grizzlier as it goes on, including the bombing of Mother's, one of Gunn's hangouts. Finally, Fusco gives Gunn a deadline to prove the mobster didn't kill Scarlotti - or else Gunn will be killed.
Panhandle
John Sands, a former Texas marshal turns to ranching, and later to a gunfighter when he sets out to prove that casino/saloon owner, Matt Garson, had his brother, a newspaperman, killed. (imdb)
All Ashore
Three sailors finally get some shore leave, and go in search of fun and girls. (imdb)
He Laughed Last
In this amiable imitation Guys and Dolls, Alan Reed plays a big-time 1920s gangster who is rubbed out by his enemies. In his will, Reed bequeaths his nightclub to chorus girl Lucy Marlow--which doesn't sit too well with Lucy's policeman boyfriend (Richard Long). Frankie Laine plays the tough-but-lovable nightclub manager who first squabbles with Marlow, then falls in love with her. (allmovie.com)
The Pink Panther Show
The Pink Panther is a heroic, moral cartoon cat with pink fur and the manners of an English aristocrat. He only becomes flustered or angry at obtuse or offensive humans who try to disrupt his existence, or at troublesome gadgets, rodents, or insects. In most of his cartoons, he stumbles into a difficult situation and stoically endeavors to make the best of it.
Peter Gunn
Peter Gunn (1958) - TV Series
Peter Gunn is a suave private detective, regularly charging $1,000 per case, and operating out of a nightclub. He frequently collaborates with police Lieutenant Jacoby in solving cases.
A Fine Mess
While at the racetrack, actor Spence overhears two mobsters plotting to fix a race by injecting a horse with steroids. When Spence and his friend Dennis try to bet on the juiced horse, mob boss Tony Pazzo orders his goons to silence the duo forever. To make matters worse, Spence starts having an affair with Pazzo's wife, and the police begin investigating recent events at the racetrack.
Mr. Lucky
Mr. Lucky (1959) - TV Series
Mr. Lucky was an honest professional gambler who had won a plush floating casino, the ship Fortuna, and used it as his base of operations. Staying beyond the three-mile limit, where he could operate a gambling ship legally, Mr. Lucky played host to a wide variety of people, all of whom came to make use of his luxurious facility. Helping him run the casino, is his good friend Andamo.
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Richard Diamond is a suave private investigator, who, at first, walks the mean streets of New York City, then later packs up and moves to Los Angeles, California, where he tools around in a convertible with a car phone. His sexy receptionist Sam, whose face we never see, minds the office, while Diamond solves his cases.
Stampede
In 1887 Arizona, in the context of the settler-vs-cattleman struggle, two rancher brothers fall in-love with the same settler girl while crooked businessmen try to swindle both sides.
The Mickey Rooney Show
The misadventures of an eager but somewhat bumbling young actor who gets a job as a page at a television studio in Hollywood while trying to break into show business.
Peter Gunn - Season 1
Sound Off
An obnoxious nightclub comedian at Ciro's is drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War. At his arrival at his basic training he meets a WAC Lieutenant and romantically pursues her. His activities irritate the entire army.
Rainbow \
Two singers (Frankie Laine, Billy Daniels) step in to help an aspiring actress (Charlotte Austin) whose grandmother opposes her bid to launch a show-business career.
Mickey Spillane\
In this half-hour unsold pilot, private eye Mike Hammer embarks on a righteous quest for vengeance over the death of his newsboy pal in a mob hit.