Le Ball and Chain Gang

1968 6min

A bickering married couple continue their verbal sparring as they repeatedly repel Inspector Clouseau's attempts to enter their house to give them a ticket.

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The Inspector(34)

The screen's most comically inept detective wreaks havoc on the boulevards of Paris as he, with the help of his sidekick Deux Deux, wages a single-minded (and narrow-sighted) battle for justice. Initially presented as theatrical attractions, the cartoons gained a much greater audience when they were broadcast as part of the Pink Panther animated television series.

The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation (1965)

6.9

The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation is the first short in the Inspector series. The Inspector tries to protect a valuable diamond from a three headed jewel thief.

Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat (1966)

8.5

Clouseau receives a tip that the elusive smuggler, Captain Clamity, who looks like a clam with eyes, arms, and legs, is laying anchor off the French coast. Clouseau and Sergeant Deux-Deux make a number of unsuccessful attempts to board Clamity's ship, with Clouseau going down to the sea bottom every time

Napoleon Blown-Aparte (1966)

7.0

The Inspector ineffectually tries to protect the Commissioner from a mad bomber's revenge campaign.

Cirrhosis of the Louvre (1966)

7.0

The Inspector and Sergeant Deux-Deux ineffectually try to stop the Blotch from robbing the Louvre.

Plastered in Paris (1966)

7.0

The Surete Commissioner orders Inspector Clouseau and Sergeant Deux-Deux to track a mysterious and elusive Monsieur X. Using a submarine, an army tank, and mountaineering equipment, they chase Monsieur X all the way to Africa, where they encounter him in the Sahara Desert and at Mount Kilimanjaro. After a series of painful mishaps, they concede defeat in the strenuous and perilous chase and return to Surete headquarters, where Monsieur X is revealed to be the Surete's new physical training instructor!

Cock-A-Doodle Deux Deux (1966)

7.0

Inspector Clouseau and Sergeant Deux-Deux investigate the theft of French dowager Madame Pouletbon's diamond, the Plymouth Rock, and discover that the Madame's servants, all of them chickens, stole the jewel and hid it in a bundle of eggs, some of which contain moving images of can can girls.

Ape Suzette (1966)

7.0

Inspector Clouseau and Sergeant Deux-Deux's investigation into a stolen cargo of bananas takes them to a run-down waterfront apartment building, where they follow a trail of banana peels to the abode of a diminutive Cockney sailor and his impish ape. Clouseau doesn't see the ape, and when he is repeatedly punched through the floor by the ape, Clouseau thinks the stocky sailor has been the one hitting him. When he sees Deux-Deux easily subdue the sailor, Clouseau believes that Deux-Deux is a muscular power-house and declares the Sergeant his hero.

The Pique Poquette of Paris (1966)

5.7

The Inspector goes after Spider Pierre an expert pickpocket.

Sicque! Sicque! Sicque! (1966)

7.0

During an investigation at the Château de Vincennes, Sergeant Deux Deux clumsily drinks a swig of the formula of a mad scientist and therefore transforms as Mr. Hyde, in routines, goes torturing the Inspector.

That's No Lady, That's Notre Dame (1966)

7.0

Trying to catch a purse snatcher, the Inspector sets up a sting operation by disguising himself as a woman and soon falls afoul of the Commissioner's jealous wife.

Unsafe and Seine (1966)

6.0

The Inspector and Deux-Deux go on an undercover search for an agent across the world.

Toulouse La Trick (1966)

The Inspector handcuffs Toulouse Le Moose and himself to prevent Toulouse from escaping, but it causes problems on the way to the station.

Sacré Bleu Cross (1967)

When they go after Hassan the Assassin, Deux-Deux gives the Inspector an unlucky rabbit's foot.

Le Quiet Squad (1967)

A crime wave in Paris results in the hot-tempered Surete Commissioner becoming so stressed-out that he requires bed rest at home. Inspector Clouseau is assigned to see that the Commissioner is not disturbed. But it's Bastille Day, and between the day's ceremonies and a pesky cat- and Clouseau's violent and failed attempts to silence the feline- the Commissioner receives little peace!

Bomb Voyage (1967)

Reports of flying saucers over Paris have the Surete scrambling to keep order. The Commissioner is himself abducted by aliens and taken to their planet. Inspector Clouseau and Sergeant Deux-Deux follow in a monkey-piloted rocket and find the Commissioner in a specimen jar. They release him and are chased around and around the tiny planet by one of the aliens.

Le Pig-Al Patrol (1967)

Inspector Clouseau pursues a thieving motorcycle gang led by one Pig-Al. Pig-Al and his criminal cohorts reach their headquarters at the top of a steep hill, which Pig-Al covers with grease so that Clouseau cannot easily ascend to reach them.

Le Bowser Bagger (1967)

The French Surete experiments with the use of dogs as partners to its police officers, and Inspector Clouseau is paired with a scrappy canine given the name of Private Bowser. Clouseau and Bowser chase a thief onto a train, and Bowser subdues the criminal with no help from the bumbling Clouseau.

Le Escape Goat (1967)

3.0

Suspended for incompetence, the Inspector tries to protect the Commissioner from a vengeful criminal, but keeps getting implicated instead.

Le Cop on Le Rocks (1967)

Mistaken for a bank robbing lookalike, The Inspector is sent to prison and his efforts to escape prove a hopeless challenge.

Crow De Guerre (1967)

5.0

Inspector Clouseau declares war on a pesky crow, with the bumbling Clouseau talking all his own bomb blasts and being electrified on a power line!

Canadian Can-Can (1967)

3.0

Inspector Clouseau is posted with the Canadian Mounted Police to study their crime investigation system and is assigned to apprehend a villain named Two-Faced Harry, who actually has two faces, one deceptively honest-looking, the other malicious. Clouseau doesn't realize these two faces are of the same man until he has chased the two-faced freak into the snowy plains of Manitoba.

Tour de Farce (1967)

Inspector Clouseau is stranded on a deserted island with a vicious criminal, whom Clouseau had been assigned to transport to the prison on Devil's Island. The 22nd Inspector cartoon.

The Shooting of Caribou Lou (1967)

When working with the Mounties, The Inspector becomes the prisoner of the ever alert fugitive, Caribou Lou.

London Derriere (1968)

6.0

The Inspector's pursuit of a criminal in London is impeded by the Scotland Yard captain who is more interested in enforcing the local weapons policy.

Les Miserobots (1968)

Inspector Clouseau's job is declared obsolete by the Surete Commissioner due to a highly advanced robot that can do detective work more efficiently. A vengeful Clouseau tries to destroy the robot that usurped his position in the police force.

Transylvania Mania (1968)

10.0

In Transylvania, a vampire scientist and his oafish assistant want a brain to transplant into a robot, and when Inspector Clouseau arrives at their castle asking for directions, they decide to use his brain. Clouseau flees, and they chase him around the countryside.

Bear De Guerre (1968)

On a hunting vacation, Inspector Clouseau mistakenly keeps shooting a bad-tempered bear instead of the quail he's after which results in painful lessons learned by the Inspector.

Cherche Le Phantom (1968)

Inspector Clouseau and Sergeant Deux-Deux are assigned by the Surete Commissioner to investigate reports of a phantom presence at the Paris Opera House and after a series of misadventures there, they learn that the mysterious "Phantom" is a playful ape who enjoys opera music.

Le Great Dane Robbery (1968)

Inspector Clouseau must delay his long-awaited vacation on the Surete Commissioner's order that he obtain a nationally sensitive document from a safe on an estate guarded by a dedicated and aggressive canine.

Le Ball and Chain Gang (1968)

6.0

A bickering married couple continue their verbal sparring as they repeatedly repel Inspector Clouseau's attempts to enter their house to give them a ticket.

La Feet's Defeat (1968)

6.0

The Surete Commissioner assigns Inspector Clouseau and Sergeant Deux-Deux to the hazardous task of pursuing a criminal named Muddy La Feet, who leaves behind a trail of muddy footprints that lead Clouseau and Deux-Deux through a mine field and to a castle surrounded by an alligator-filled moat and sealed by an electrified door. NOTE: Sgt. Deux-Deux's last appearance, this time voiced by Don Messick.

French Freud (1969)

7.3

Inspector Clouseau has feelings of vulnerability and what he fears may be paranoia after he is assigned to guard a priceless jewel. Unbeknownst to him, he has already narrowly escaped several covert attempts on his life by two jewel thieves. Clouseau goes to see a psychiatrist, who turns out to be one of the thieves in disguise!

Pierre and Cottage Cheese (1969)

The Inspector tries to arrest a crook in hideout with the "help" of a robot's advice.

Carte Blanched (1969)

5.0

On his day off work, Inspector Clouseau goes grocery shopping. On leaving the store, he thoughtlessly takes his shopping cart with him and is chided by a narrator for having committed theft and broken the law! Clouseau tries to return the cart to the store but sees a policeman on patrol and, spooked, runs in the opposite direction with the cart. Prodded by the narrator into feeling guilty and fearful of arrest, Clouseau makes several attempts to lose the cart, but it keeps coming back to him! NOTE: Last "Inspector" cartoon.

Le Ball and Chain Gang

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