Blake Edwards was an American writer, producer, and director. He started his career in the entertainment industry as an actor, but soon his focus shifted to screenwriting and filmmaking. He made his debut as a screenwriter in the 1948 film ‘Panhandler.’ There was no looking back for Edwards after this film. His directorial debut happened in 1952, in the TV show titled ‘Four Star Playhouse.’ He directed and wrote other TV shows as well, such as ‘The Mickey Rooney Show: Hey, Mulligan’ (1954-1955), ‘Peter Gunn’ (1958–1961), ‘Mr. Lucky’ (1959–1960), and ‘Julie’ (1992). His first big-budget film was ‘Operation Petticot’ (1959), which became the greatest box-office success of the decade for the ‘Universal Studios.’ The film gave flight to Edwards’ career. His other popular films include ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ (1961), ‘Days of Wine and Roses’ (1962), ‘Darling Lili’ (1970), and ‘The Pink Panther’ series (1963, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983 and 1993).
The Best Years of Our Lives is an Oscar-winning American drama film which tells the story of three World War II veterans, who return home to a small town in America, only to find that they and their families have been changed irreparably.
After getting married to Kirsten, an alcoholic man named Joe gets her addicted to drinking as well. Things get ugly, when Kirsten is nearly killed one day, after she causes a fire in her apartment while being drunk. When Joe loses his job too, he decides that they need to stop drinking.
The movie follows Holly Golightly who has a habit of staring at the windows of Tiffany & Co. and is looking for a wealthy man to marry. Things take a romantic turn when struggling writer Paul Varjak moves in next door. Holly eventually finds true love and happiness with Paul.
A murder is reported and a woman named Maria is suspected to be the killer. However, impressed with her beauty, Inspector Clouseau doesn’t suspect her. Things get interesting when more murders follow and each time, Maria seems to be the killer.
Victor/Victoria is a musical comedy film which tells the story of a woman who has to be pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman, for a show. However, this leads to various complications in her life.
Bakshi, an Indian actor, ruins a film set during his shoot. However, instead of being fired, due to a clerical mistake, he ends up being invited to a grand exclusive Hollywood party. Once there, he causes a lot of chaos and destruction through his foolishness.
A thirteen year old girl named Martha Ivers tries to run away from the guardianship of her wealthy and despicable aunt Mrs Ivers, but she is eventually caught and brought back home. When Mrs Ivers starts to beat her kitten, Martha tries to prevent it, and strikes her across the head, which causes Mrs Ivers to fall down the stairs, killing her in an accident. Martha lies about the incident to Walter Jr., the son of her tutor, although he plays along, despite knowing the truth. However, his cunning father decides to use this fact to his advantage.
After the Pearl Harbor attack, Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle of the US Army Air Force is forced to leave his pregnant wife behind, in order to take part in a top-secret mission. He warns his crew about the importance and danger of the mission, and tells them that they should opt out if they have to, especially if they have wives and families. It is soon revealed that the mission involves bombing five Japanese cities.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau’s incompetence lands chief inspector Charles Dreyfus in a psychiatric hospital. Clouseau’s visit on the day of his release results in a relapse, but Dreyfus manages to escape the hospital. When he fails to kill Clouseau, he organises a criminal plot threatening countries with annihilation if they don’t kill Clouseau for him.
The Pink Panther is a comedy film, which tells the story of a clumsy detective on the trail of a notorious jewel thief, who is planning to steal a diamond called The Pink Panther.
The Great Race is an action adventure sports comedy film which tells the story of two rivals, The Great Leslie, and Professor Fate, who plan an automobile race from New York to Paris. However, Fate’s sidekick, Max, attempts to sabotage Leslie's car and of the other racers, but Leslie finds an unlikely ally in Maggie, a journalist-turned-racer whose car breaks down during the race.
During the Second World War, Lieutenant Commander Matt Sherman finds himself stuck with a submarine which was badly damaged by the Japanese air forces. Since he needs to make a sail soon, he decides to take the help of Lieutenant Nick Holden, who has been newly transferred. He asks Holden to use his talents as a con artist to procedure all required supplies.
They were Expendable is a war drama film which tells the story of a Navy commander during the Second World War, who fights to prove that the American PT boats are worthy of being used in battle.
Inspector Jacque Clouseau, a clumsy detective, is put on the case, when a famous jewel which is also a national treasure, named the Pink Panther, is stolen. The only clue the thief has left behind is a white glove.
The movie, based on Niven Busch‘s novel They Dream of Home, has three war veterans return home post WWII. However, it is hard for them to lead a normal civilian life. Cliff Harper struggles with his job plans and relationship with a war widow while his friend Bill Tabeshaw has metal plate in his skull. Then there is Perry Kimcheloe who has lost both legs but rejects the use of artificial legs.
Eddie Shannon is an honest auto mechanic, who dreams of racing in European car meets. One day, he meets Barbara Mathews and starts dating her. He does not know that he has actually been chosen by two bank robbers to act as a gateway driver after they carry out their heist and that Barbara is just a bait to lure him in the scheme.
This is a docudrama film, detailing the development of the atomic bomb in World War II. It starts with Roosevelt authorizing up to two billion dollars for the project and then goes on to detail the research, development and deployment of the bomb, finally ending with the bombing of Hiroshima.
Revenge of the Pink Panther is a mystery comedy film which tells the story of a businessman named Philippe Douvier, who is secretly the head of the French Connection. He is suspected by his partners of weak leadership, and of not being able to conduct his business efficiently. To prove otherwise, Douvier plans the murder of famous Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau.
From growing up poor in Chicago and working as a busboy in a posh resort, Cory goes on to become a professional gambler and open his own club. All of it in a bid to win the affections of glamourous socialite Abby Vollard whose sister Jen helps him too.
Discharged after the First World War, a soldier Bill Cummings narrates the sympathetic story of his married life before he joined the army.
Post-WWII, in an American medical base in France, Private Hogan falls for dietetic nurse, Lt. Betty Bixby. As their ranks disallow them to socialize, Hogan plans a secret ball for soldiers and nurses. But it is not easy to elude the stern watch of the stickler-for-rules Capt. Lock while making the clandestine arrangements. Will he succeed in winning over the pretty Betty?
Joe Dawson is a poor but proud man, who leaves his family farm and travels to the US Military Academy, hoping that he can find his purpose to serve his country. He meets Howard Shelton, the son of a wealthy businessman, who had enrolled simply just for being a graduate.
Out of 104 sex starved servicemen stationed at an isolated Arctic base, Corporal Paul Hodges is chosen by lot to spend three weeks leave in Paris with Sandra Roca, his favorite pinup queen. Army psychologist Lieutenant Vicki Loren, who has originally conceived the idea so as to boost the morale of the troop, is ordered to make sure that he does not bed with her.
An inept journalist enters the Army, hoping that he will be able to earn money writing about his experiences during training. However, he turns out to be an even more inept soldier.
A simple regular argument between two old friends turn serious, and they decide to compete to find out who has the better son. Problem arises because actually one of them is actually childless, and he needs to find a boy to play the role of a heroic and non-fictional son.
Mike McCall and Tim McCall are two brothers who own a large ranch in Arizona. They sell some of their surplus grazing land to some settlers, but things get complicated after the settlers arrive due to lack of water. Since the brothers control all the water, settler John Dawson complains to the sheriff, who claims that there is nothing he can do. However, things get interesting when Tim McCall takes a liking to Connie, John’s daughter.
There’s Something About a Soldier is a war drama film which tells the story of Wally and Frank, two friends who enroll for service in the military. Things get complicated and their friendship is tested when both men fall for Carol, a woman working in their base.
Felix is a successful filmmaker who spends $30 million on a musical, but the project flops unexpectedly. Therefore, in order to revive his career, he decides to create an erotic film. Although Felix believes that it has the potential to become the most popular film till date, the only problem is that his lead actress Sally wants to maintain her good girl screen image.
Gunn tells the story of private detective Peter Gunn, who is investigating the murder of Scarlotti, a mobster who once saved the detective’s life. The prime suspect appears to be a mob kingpin named Fusco. But eventually Fusco gives Gunn a deadline to prove his innocence, or else Gunn will be killed.
High-Time is a 1960 comedy film, which tells us the story of a restaurant owner Harvey Howard, who decides to go to college at the age of 51. Despite the disapproval of his grown son and daughter, he decides to skip any preferential treatment, and lives in a dorm like the other students. Eventually, he falls in love with Professor Gautier, the French teacher.
John Sands is a reformed outlaw who lives in a small town in Mexico. When he learns that his brother was murdered in the Texas Panhandle, he sets out hoping to find out what happened. He soon finds himself confronted by three gunslingers who are working for a local gambler and saloon owner named Matt Garson. Soon, it appears that Garson may be the person who is behind his brother’s death.
Trying to escape her drunken boss, Janet Blake accepts a ride to subway from another guest, Bill Tremaine. But detesting his attention, she flees in downpour to take shelter at Bill’s neighbor, retired actor Preston Mitchell. Nita, Mitchell’s girlfriend, misunderstands the situation while Mitchell appoints Janet as his secretary. Soon Janet is courted by both who end up competing in a horse-race.
This war drama film tells the story of Quizz West, a young man who is drafted in 1940 to fight in the Second World War. In the middle of the war, Quizz finds himself trying to communicate with his mother and his fiancée Janet, through dreams.
Frankie Laine and Billy Daniels are two singers who try to help an aspiring actress, as her grandmother is opposed to her idea of launching a show-business career.
A well-known Hollywood composer is going through midlife crisis, when he finds himself infatuated with a newly married young woman. He becomes so obsessed that he decides to follow her to Mexico.
What’s Next, Corporal Hargrove is a war comedy film which takes us to the time of the Second World War. It revolves around Corporal Hargrove and his friends who take France by storm during the war.
Ladies Courageous is an adventure war drama film which takes us to the time of the Second World War. It tells us the story of a female aviator who forms the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron.
A showgirl named Rosemary Lebeau inherits a nighclub empire but soon attracts a lot of men, who are only interested in her wealth. She is engaged to Jimmy Murphy, a cop, but a gangster named Max Lassiter tries to win her affection. She turns him down, but unwilling to take no for an answer, Max decides to kidnap and run off with her. Now it is up to Jimmy to rescue his fiancée.
Marine Raiders is an action drama war film which takes us to the life of two conflicting soldiers who are fighting during World War II.
Nancy Willows is an aspiring songwriter who takes a leave of absence from the college where she teaches. She begins to work with a struggling singer named Jerry Dennis, and composer Mary Adams. Soon, their creative collaboration begins to turn out quite well, but it threatens her relationship with her fiancé.
Maggie and Daniel are newly married, and they move to a base for soldiers and their wives. While Daniel is preparing for serving in the Second World War, Maggie has problems adjusting to her new life, since she comes from an affluent family. This attitude causes tension with some of the other soldier’s wives, but one of them decides to help her adjust.
Lieutenant Speer along with Mike Murphy, his former colleague, team up again to fight the mob. However, Murphy is now a private eye and the two can’t even stand each other, although they used to serve together in the past.
Water is a young PR executive who goes on a blind date with Nadia. However, due to her wild behavior, the date turns out to be quite chaotic. Things turn even worse when it appears that her ex-lover is following them.
Sound Off is a comedy film which tells the story of an obnoxious nightclub comedian named Mike who is drafted into the US Army during the Korean War. During his basic training, he meets a lieutenant from the Women’s Army Corps, and begins to pursue her romantically. His activities not just annoy his drill sergeant but the entire army, especially when he goes absent without leave. This leads him to a sentence of hard labor for thirty days, which teaches him about being a soldier.
The Atomic Kid is a science fiction comedy film which tells the story of a uranium prospector who finds that he has unusual powers after he is exposed to a nuclear blast at a testing site in Nevada.
Steve Brooks is a sexist womanizer who treats women like sex objects. His life takes a turn when he is killed by one of his ex-girlfriends. Upon arriving on the gates of heaven, he is denied entry, and sent back to earth as a woman. He soon learns how women are treated by the men like he once used to be.
Three sailors Joe, Skip and Moby find themselves in trouble after one of them is robbed at a shady bar.
French coach, Yves Gluant, arrives at an international soccer match, wearing a Pink Panther diamond ring. But when he is killed at the end of the game the ring is nowhere to be seen. To crack the case, Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus assembles a secret team of top investigators. But to divert media attention, he assigns the case officially to Inspector Clouseau, a clumsy small-town policeman.
As the notorious globe-trotting burglar, ‘The Tornadoट, resurfaces after a decade and in a series of thefts around the world, steals various invaluable historical artifacts including the precious Pink Panther diamond, Inspector Jacques Clouseau joins a team of esteemed international detectives to solve the case. Now, it is up to the lauded inspector Clouseau to prove his talent by apprehending the elusive burglar.
Trail of the Pink Panther is a crime comedy mystery film which tells the story of a TV reporter who decides to investigate the matter when Inspector Clouseau goes missing all of a sudden during a mission. In order to solve the mystery, he tries to interview everyone who was close to Clouseau.
When Inspector Jacques Clouseau disappears, Sergeant Clifton Sleigh of the NYPD is assigned to find him. However, he proves to be just as incompetent as the man he is looking for. Regardless, he tries his best to prove his worth. Eventually, he begins to feel that Clouseau has most likely not been kidnapped, but he has intentionally hidden his identity after undergoing plastic surgery.
