"The Pink Panther" series of comedies has made its mark in film history as one of the most
popular series ever made. In 1980 "Romance of the Pink
Panther" was written by Peter Sellers and Jim Moloney. At the time director
Blake Edwards and Sellers didn't want to work together, so Donner was brought
in. Unfortunately Sellers, who starred in Donner's What's New Pussycat (1965), died before production started.
Used his clout to talk English stage stars Vivian Pickles and Jan Waters into
acting in a slum pub-theatre production of Robert Patrick's play "Kennedy's
Children" for five pounds a week.