The Pink Panther Goes To Miami

The Pink Panther Goes To Miami is a 1985 movie that is a sequel to The Pink Panther's First Case. The film was given a PG rating for language and ribald humor.

Plot
Sleigh accidentally gives Captain Palmyra an officer's epoxy resin solution from a helmet repair kit while believing it to be shampoo. This causes Palmyra's hands to be glued to his hair. He ends up embarrassing himself in front of the station and has to wear a wig through the remainder of the film. Sleigh and Hightower are both assigned to patrol the tunnel which makes them covered in soot. Feeling this is unfair, Hightower informs the nurse charge of a body cavity search ordered earlier to perform the procedure on Mauser.

During the film, Sleigh is pursued by Bruno Langlois, whose real name is Al Marchione. Bruno wants to prove his worth to the French Connection by eliminating Sleigh once and for all. Unknown to Bruno, Palmyra once again tries to kill Sleigh by planting a bomb while the Sergeant (by periodic arrangement) duels with his martial arts instructor Chuck Jones (Michael Winslow). The bomb destroys Sleigh's apartment and injures Chuck, however, Sleigh himself is unharmed, being lifted from the room by an inflatable disguise delivered to him by Professor Balls.

Sleigh brings Hightower with him to the National Police Chiefs Convention in Miami Beach to celebrate with him when he has been nominated as "Police Officer of the Decade", much to Palmyra's dismay of course since he, Hightower, and Charlie are both aware that Sleigh is an incompetent.

Traveling to the airport, Sleigh accidentally blows up Charlie's car trying to fix a pop-out lighter, but mistakenly believes it an assassination attempt made by the French Connection, and disguises himself in a heavy cast on the flight, which causes complications in the air and on land. While in the disguise, Sleigh unwittingly takes a bag belonging to jewel thieves containing the Pink Panther diamond, which was originally returned to Lugash by Sir Charles Lytton's nephew George before Sir Charles passed away.

When the jewel thieves learned what has happened after a confrontation with their leader Bruno, they try to get the back back, and Lieutenant Palmyra tries to prove to the the police Commissioner that Sleigh shouldn't be the "Police Officer of The Decade", a lot of hijinks ensue, including Sleigh trying to guess the annual procedural demonstration. When the jewel thieves kidnap Sergeant Sleigh, he goes willingly, thinking it's indeed the procedural demonstration. It launches a negotiation, which Lieutenant Palmyra botches when he and Charlie attempt to claim the credit themselves, leading to Palmyra's capture.

A chase across the Everglades ensues to rescue the oblivious Sergeant. In a standoff with the smugglers, Palmyra's nephew Nick explains to Sleigh that the situation isn't a demonstration and that his kidnappers are the real criminals. Sleigh, upon hearing this information, promptly disarms and subdues his assailants to the amazement of the officers.

At the ceremony at the end of the film, the Commissioner announces that Sleigh will be taken off parking duty, much to Palmyra's chagrin, as well as Hightower's promotion to Lieutenant for saving Palmyra from an alligator.

Returning to his apartment, Sleigh is reunited with his lover who is a martial arts instructor that he met while at the convention in Miami. However, their tryst is interrupted first by Sleigh's apparent inability to remove his clothes without a struggle, and then by Jones, whereupon all three are hurled by the reclining bed into the river. Immediately thereafter, a cartoon image of Sleigh begins swimming, unaware that a gigantic version of the Pink Panther character is waiting below him (a reference to the film Jaws, made obvious by the thematic music as the movie ends).

Cast

 * Ted Wass as Sergeant Clifton Sleigh
 * Pat Corley as Captain Palmyra
 * Joe Morton as Charlie
 * Robert Loggias as Al Marchione/Bruno Langlois
 * George R. Robertson as the Commissioner
 * Bubba Smith as Lieutenant Milton Hightower
 * Matt McCoy as Sgt. Nick Palmyra
 * Janet Jones as Kate