 The screenplay for this film was written by Frank Waldman (qv) and  Blake Edwards (qv) as one of two possible screenplays (the other  being the screenplay that became  _Return of the Pink Panther, The (1975)_ (qv)) for the proposed Pink  Panther TV series. After  _Return of the Pink Panther, The (1975)_ (qv) turned out to be a  success, Edwards decided to make the unused screenplay into this  film.