Philippe Douvier, a major French businessman and secretly the head of the French Connection, is suspected by his New York Mafia associates of weak leadership and improperly conducting his criminal affairs. To demonstrate otherwise, Douvier’s aide Guy Algo suggests a show of force with the murder of the famous Jacques Clouseau, Chief Inspector of the Sûreté.
Douvier’s first attempt at killing Clouseau with a bomb fails, and the subsequent attempt by Chinese martial artist ‘Mr. Chong’ is thwarted when Clouseau manages to fight him off, mistaking him for Clouseau’s valet Cato, who has orders to keep his employer constantly on the alert with random attacks. Douvier tries again by telephoning Clouseau in an attempt to lure him into an ambush, but transvestite criminal Claude Russo steals Clouseau’s car and clothes and is mistakenly killed instead by Douvier’s men.
Clouseau is erroneously reported to be dead, prompting his former boss, former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus, to instantly regain his sanity and be released from the psychiatric hospital to conduct the investigation. In Russo’s clothes and protesting his true identity, Clouseau is himself taken to the asylum, but escapes into Dreyfus’ room, who faints from the shock of finding Clouseau alive in his closet. Clouseau disguises himself as Dreyfus and is driven to his apartment by François.
Upon arriving home, Clouseau discovers that Cato, who also believed Clouseau to be dead, has transformed their apartment into a Chinese-themed brothel. Cato is relieved to see that his boss has survived, and the two plan revenge on the sponsor of Clouseau’s assassination. Later, Dreyfus is assigned to read the eulogy at Clouseau’s funeral, during which his efforts to suppress hysterical laughter at the words praising Clouseau’s brilliance cause everyone to believe Dreyfus is devastated by Clouseau’s death. Clouseau attends the burial disguised as a priest, and surreptitiously reveals himself to Dreyfus, who again faints and falls into the open grave.
Douvier’s wife threatens him with divorce over his unfaithfulness. Because his wife holds evidence of his criminal activities, Douvier breaks off his affair with his secretary Simone, who reacts angrily. Fearing Simone will also expose him, Douvier orders she be killed while at a nightclub. Acting on a tip-off, Clouseau and Cato inadvertently save her. Clouseau reveals his identity to Simone, and she reveals it was Douvier who ordered Clouseau’s assassination. Fleeing Douvier’s henchmen, Simone tells Clouseau of Douvier’s plan to meet the New York Mafia godfather Julio Scallini in Hong Kong for the Gannet Transaction – a $50,000,000 heroin sale.
Clouseau, Cato, and Simone travel to Hong Kong in disguise, unaware that Dreyfus is following them after overhearing their conversation. Clouseau impersonates Scallini in a ridiculous gangster disguise, while Simone distracts the real godfather. One of Scallini’s men spots Douvier leaving their hotel with a stranger, and Clouseau exposes his own disguise during the Gannet Transaction. Dreyfus, intent on killing Clouseau and followed by the gangsters, Cato, Simone and the Hong Kong Police, chases Clouseau into a warehouse and accidentally lights up the fireworks stored inside, catching all involved parties in the resulting chaos. Douvier and Scallini are arrested, Clouseau is honored for their capture by the President of France, and he and Simone spend an evening together.
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