Pinkfinger

Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Pinkfinger
series = Pink Panther


caption =
director = Friz Freleng
Hawley Pratt
animator = George DeLado
Laverne Harding
Don Williams
Norman McCabe
Dick Ung
voice_actor = Dave Barry
Paul Frees
musician = William Lava
producer = David H. DePatie
Friz Freleng
distributor = United Artists
release_date = flagicon|US May 13, 1965
color_process = Deluxe
runtime = 6' 15"
country = USA
movie_language = English
preceded_by = "Pickled Pink"
followed_by = "Shocking Pink"
imdb_id = 0059599

"Pinkfinger" is the seventh cartoon produced in the "Pink Panther" series. A total of 124 6-minute cartoons were produced between 1964 and 1980.

Plot

An English gentleman talks to the Pink Panther, who is busy reading a book about secret agents. The Englishman suggests that the panther become an agent, which greatly interests the feline. The Pink Panther wastes no time finding a trench coat, and begins scouring the streets in the prowl for spies. In no time, he finds a group of foreign agents planning to detonate a series of black-ball bombs. When the agents realize the Panther is following them, they attempt a series of ways to thwart his pursuit of them. [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059599/ imdb.com summary] ]

Notes

The title "Pinkfinger" is a parody of the 1964 film "Goldfinger" starring Sean Connery.

By an odd coincidence, the episode number for "Pinkfinger" is 007.

References

Further sources

*"Pink Panther: The Ultimate Guide to the Coolest Cat in Town!"; by Jerry Beck (DK ADULT, 2006).
*"Meet the Pink Panther"; by Hope Freleng and Sybil Freleng [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0789313081] , (Universe Publishing, 2005).
*"The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection" [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009S4J2I] (2006). [DVD set] . New York: MGM Home Video.
* [http://dfe.goldenagecartoons.com/ DePatie-Freleng website]