 Blake Edwards (qv)s original cut ran 124 minutes and this version  was submitted to the UK censors (BBFC) in 1976. However, the running  time was subsequently trimmed to 103 minutes for general release and  it is this version that was shown in cinemas and on VHS and DVD. A  large section of the cuts were the removal of various scenes showing  Sellers on his way to and arriving in England. The 124 min original  cut has never surfaced. However, a large chunk of the deleted  footage forms the basis for the Sellers scenes in  _Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)_ (qv) in which about 15 minutes of  it is used including: 