Frank Sinatra vs Henry Silva apartment fight lampooned in Clouseau movi?

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Manchurian Candidate

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jayrussell1993 — 12 years ago(September 15, 2013 11:35 PM)

Is it just me, or did Blake Edwards continually lampoon / imitate the Sinatra vs Henry Silva martial-arts battle in the Shaw apartment by having Kato fight Inspector Clouseau in all those Pink Panther movies?

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jcb-nyc — 12 years ago(September 24, 2013 06:29 PM)

First time I saw this movie, I thought the same thing.

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jayrussell1993 — 12 years ago(September 24, 2013 08:35 PM)

Cool. We're both geniuses!!

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llanwydd — 12 years ago(February 14, 2014 04:15 PM)

Frankenheimer claimed that it was the first karate fight ever filmed. I don't remember if it was in the book. If not, then Kato had to be a take-off on Chun Jin.

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ljones86-768-598858 — 12 years ago(February 23, 2014 08:35 AM)

I've only just watched the film and I couldn't help but smile throughout that scene. It's exactly what I thought.

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jayrussell1993 — 11 years ago(October 09, 2014 03:11 PM)

Aye wuld lack a Rruume!

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Dunewalker-620-44376 — 11 years ago(July 12, 2014 06:36 PM)

My fianc and I died laughing during that scene. The Pink Panther strikes again!

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jayrussell1993 — 11 years ago(October 09, 2014 03:12 PM)

Duz yuer deug bat?

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talisencrw — 10 years ago(June 25, 2015 05:50 PM)

I thought so too! Great observation!

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DarthBengal — 10 years ago(November 29, 2015 03:20 PM)

There was a comedy movie from 1940 named Turnabout starring Adolphe Menjou and Carole Landis that had the same comedy bit with a karate instructor who was instructed to attack unexpectedly. A very funny movie. Maybe that's where they got the idea for the Pink Pather movies. The scene in The Manchurian Candidate sure was similar though, although not played for laughs obviously.