Description: Blake Edwards, was an American filmmaker who, in 2004, received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of his writing, directing, and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen. He began his career in the 1940s as an actor, but he soon began writing screenplays and radio scripts before turning to producing and directing in television and films. Often thought of as primarily a director of comedies, he also directed several drama, musical, and detective films. Late in his career, he transitioned to writing, producing, and directing for theater.
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Panhandle
( 1948 )
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.
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Stampede
( 1949 )
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.
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Sound Off
( 1952 )
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.
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Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
( 1952 )
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.
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All Ashore
( 1953 )
Three sailors finally get some shore leave, and go in search of fun and girls.
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Cruisin' Down the River
( 1953 )
Beauregard Clemment, a New York nightclub crooner, inherits a broken-down Georgia showboat and decides to turn it into a nightclub. He falls in love with Sally Jane, the granddaughter of Thadeus Jackson, arch-enemy of Beau's late grandfather. Contains many, many songs and a parody of "Ten Nights in a Barroom" (a Blake Edwards touch), with music featuring The Bell Sist...Read all
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Drive a Crooked Road
( 1954 )
An upright car mechanic falls in love with the girlfriend of a gangster. This forces him to participate in the criminal underworld.
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The Atomic Kid
( 1954 )
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.
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Bring Your Smile Along
( 1955 )
Nancy Willows (Constance Towers), pretty blonde high school teacher, writes song lyrics which spark the careers of struggling young pianist-composer Martin Adams (Keefe Brasselle) and would-be singer Jerry Dennis (Frankie Laine). After Nancy and Martin fall in love but quarrel over her old flame, David Parker (William Leslie), Nancy returns to her teaching job. Jerry ...Read all
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My Sister Eileen
( 1955 )
After submitting a story of her beautiful sister, a woman assumes her identity to maintain the attention of a playboy publisher.
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He Laughed Last
( 1956 )
Spunky showgirl Rosemary Lebeau inherits a nightclub empire, but then must fend off the phony affections of gold-digging men. Though Rosemary is engaged to cop Jimmy Murphy, Max Lassiter, a sneaky gangster, aggressively vies for her hand and wealth. Rosemary refuses his advances and tries to manage her new businesses, but Max won't take no for an answer and, with the ...Read all
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Mister Cory
( 1957 )
A street-smart young man from the Chicago slums dreams of cajoling with the rich and powerful, no matter the cost.
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Operation Mad Ball
( 1957 )
In post-WWII France, U.S. Army hospital Private Hogan and Captain Lock try to outwit each other on issues such as wooing pretty nurses, accounting for missing medical supplies, organizing unauthorized dances, and influencing their C.O.
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This Happy Feeling
( 1958 )
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. After 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 an...Read all
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Peter Gunn
( 1958 )
Peter Gunn is a private detective who is never ruffled and always keep his cool. Accompanied by the stylish music of Henry Mancini and the directorial style of Blake Edwards, Gunn is equally at home dealing with street criminals and shady millionaires. Aiding him is his local police contact, Lt. Jacoby, and Lola Albright, the singer at Mother's a club where Gunn can be found.
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The Perfect Furlough
( 1958 )
Army psychologist Lt. Vicki Loren oversees Corporal Paul Hodges when he is sent to Paris with young movie star Sandra Roca as a vicarious rest cure for all 103 of his sex-starved colleagues, who are building a radio base in the Arctic.
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Mr. Lucky
( 1959 )
Mr. Lucky is a skilled and inveterate gambler who turns his success into purchasing a floating casino ship. After he loses the first one, Fortuna, Mr. Lucky gains a second one, Fortuna II, and sets up outside an unnamed port city. The show chronicles the adventures of Mr. Lucky and his partner, Andamo, as they get into and out of trouble with a variety of clients and local mobsters.
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Operation Petticoat
( 1959 )
During World War II, a commander finds himself stuck with a decrepit (and pink) submarine, a con man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.
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High Time
( 1960 )
Widower Harvey Howard enrolls in college at 51, insists on dorm life despite family disapproval. Over years, he participates in student life, develops feelings for Professor Gautier but hesitates to remarry.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
( 1961 )
A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.
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Johnny Dollar
( 1962 )
Unsold televised dramatization of the long running radio crime drama about Hartford-based insurance investigator Johnny Dollar.
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The Notorious Landlady
( 1962 )
An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman suspected of murder.
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The Couch
( 1962 )
While undergoing therapy for his problem, a serial killer continues his murderous sprees.
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Experiment in Terror
( 1962 )
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.
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Days of Wine and Roses
( 1963 )
An alcoholic marries a young woman and systematically addicts her to booze so that they can share his "passion" together.
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Boston Terrier
( 1963 )
Blake Edward's second try at creating a pilot for a proposed adventure series about a private detective who graduated from Harvard.
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Soldier in the Rain
( 1963 )
The bond of friendship between a worldly-wise Army Master Sergeant and his naive worshiper.
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The Pink Panther
( 1964 )
The bumbling Inspector Clouseau travels to Rome to catch a notorious jewel thief known as "The Phantom" before he conducts his most daring heist yet: a princess' priceless diamond with one slight imperfection, known as "The Pink Panther".
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A Shot in the Dark
( 1965 )
Bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau falls in love with murder suspect Maria Gambrelli and tries to clear her name.
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The Great Race
( 1965 )
In the early 20th century, heroic Leslie Gallant and his despicable rival Professor Fate engage in an epic automobile race from New York to Paris while enthusiastic suffragette Maggie Dubois enters the race to report on every step of it.
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What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
( 1966 )
In World War II, a strategic Italian village agrees to surrender to the Allies only if it's allowed to organize a celebratory festival while giving aerial reconnaissance the false impression of fierce ground fighting.
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Gunn
( 1967 )
When crime boss Scarlotti is murdered, PI Peter Gunn is distraught and angry. Scarlotti saved his life once. Nick Fusco, the new kingpin, is the prime suspect for the murder but it's going to be a struggle for Gunn to investigate him.
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Inspector Clouseau
( 1968 )
A string of robberies has occurred in Britain and it's up to Inspector Clouseau to catch the criminal.
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The Party
( 1968 )
A clerical mistake results in a bumbling Indian film star being invited to an exclusive Hollywood party instead of being fired.
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The Monk
( 1969 )
Private eye Gus Monk refuses when attorney Barnes wants him to secure material incriminating a gangster. But then Mrs. Barnes asks him, he agrees and soon regrets it when bodies start piling up and all involved speak with forked tongues.
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Darling Lili
( 1970 )
Set during World War I, this movie is a cute spin on the Mata Hari legend.
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Wild Rovers
( 1971 )
Tired of cow-punching for a living, two Montana cowboys rob a bank and flee but their employer's sons chase after them.
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The Carey Treatment
( 1972 )
At a Boston hospital, a new surgeon, Dr. Carey, becomes an amateur sleuth to help clear a colleague's name who's been accused of botching an illegal abortion that killed a 15 year old girl; the daughter of the chief surgeon.
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Movie:
The Tamarind Seed
( 1974 )
During a Caribbean vacation, a British civil servant finds herself falling in love with a Russian Agent.
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The Return of the Pink Panther
( 1975 )
Inspector Jacques Clouseau is put on the case when the Pink Panther diamond is stolen, with the Phantom's trademark glove the only clue.
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Movie:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
( 1976 )
After escaping from an insane asylum, the bonkers Charles Dreyfus sends 26 assassins on the trail of the forever bumbling Inspector Clouseau.
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Revenge of the Pink Panther
( 1978 )
To prove that he still is strong and powerful, Philippe Douvier decides to kill Clouseau. Once news of his "death" has been announced, Clouseau tries to take advantage of it and goes undercover with Cato to find out who tried to kill him.
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10
( 1979 )
A Hollywood composer endures a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a newly married woman honeymooning at a Mexican resort.
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S.O.B.
( 1981 )
A successful movie director makes the most expensive film in his career and it becomes a huge flop. He tries to salvage his career by reshooting the film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes her top off.
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Victor/Victoria
( 1982 )
A struggling female soprano in 1934 Paris finally finds work after posing as a female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life when a visiting Chicago gangster finds himself inexplicably attracted to the seemingly male performer.
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Movie:
Trail of the Pink Panther
( 1982 )
Journalist Marie Jouvet attempts to uncover the mysterious disappearance of Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau.
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Curse of the Pink Panther
( 1983 )
Ensuing after the events of Clouseau's disappearance, his bosses at the Surete put a computer into service to elect a new shrewd detective, Sleigh, who turns up just as inept as Clouseau.
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The Man Who Loved Women
( 1983 )
A womanizing sculptor named David goes to seek help from a psychiatrist, Marianna, to cure him of his obsession with women.
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City Heat
( 1984 )
Slick Private Investigator Mike Murphy (Burt Reynolds) and tough Police Lieutenant Speer (Clint Eastwood), once partners, now bitter enemies, reluctantly team up to investigate a murder.
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Micki + Maude
( 1984 )
A bigamist must keep his wives from meeting each other, which becomes tricky when both become pregnant.
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The Ferret
( 1985 )
A jazz musician somewhat awkwardly steps into the shoes of his father, a special agent for the United Nations whose disappearance has set off an international crime wave.
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A Fine Mess
( 1986 )
An actor and a chef fathom a plot to fix a horse race and attempt at capitalizing it, while striving to tackle two of the hitmen responsible for the scheme.
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Movie:
That's Life!
( 1986 )
Harvey, a wealthy yet depressed architect and his sympathetic wife strive to conquer their life issues in anticipation of his 60th birthday party.
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Blind Date
( 1987 )
A workaholic needs a date for a dinner with new important clientele, but who his brother sets him up with could lead to disaster.
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Sunset
( 1988 )
Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.
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Skin Deep
( 1989 )
A womanizing alcoholic writer, whose life seems to be falling apart at the seams, repeatedly finds himself in trouble of one sort or another with the law, ex-girlfriends, and jealous boyfriends.
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Peter Gunn
( 1989 )
Detective Peter Gunn is asked by a mob boss to find the murderer of a friend's brother. Although he is working outside from the mob, Gunn is none the less pursued by mobsters, the cops and interested women.
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Switch
( 1991 )
A sexist womanizer is killed by one of his former lovers and then reincarnated as a woman.
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Son of the Pink Panther
( 1993 )
Charles Dreyfus encounters Jacques Gambrelli, who reminds him painfully of Inspector Clouseau, the man who drove him insane. With good reason: Gambrelli is Clouseau's son.
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Victor/Victoria
( 1995 )
A woman pretending to be a man impersonating a woman.
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The Pink Panther
( 2006 )
Bumbling Inspector Clouseau must solve the murder of a famous soccer coach and find out who stole the infamous Pink Panther diamond.
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The Pink Panther 2
( 2009 )
Insp. Jacques Clouseau teams up with a squad of International detectives who are just as bumbling as he is. Their mission: Stop a globe-trotting thief who specializes in stealing historical artifacts.
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