Dyan Cannon

Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. 

Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is dead. At least that is what the world—and Charles Dreyfus—believe when a dead body is discovered in Clouseau's car after being shot off the road. Naturally, Clouseau knows differently and, taking advantage of not being alive, sets out to discover why an attempt was made on his life.

When a crass new-money tycoon's membership application is turned down at a snooty country club, he retaliates by buying the club and turning it into a tacky amusement park.

Crime comedy from Sidney Lumet (Dog Day Afternoon), based on the Ira Levin stageplay. In desperate need of a hit, a struggling Broadway playwright (Michael Caine) puts murder in his plan to take credit for a gifted student's (Christopher Reeve) flawless script.