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One of the Peter Sellers films (Pink Panther?), he goes to prison to visit an inmate only to have the inmate take his identity, fake beard, moustache and clothe

One of the Peter Sellers films (Pink Panther?), he goes to prison to visit an inmate only to have the inmate take his identity, fake beard, moustache and clothes, and walks out of jail. This happens several times. In the very last scene, he's walking out of the jail, a smirk on his face, and tries to pull off his fake beard and moustache but it doesn't come off. "Good heavens! The wrong man has escaped!!"

TYPE_FASTER 8mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_the_Fox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_the_Fox I didn't know about about this film. Thank you!
- dylan604 8mo ago
  Aw man, I'm kind of jealous of you. To be able to go back and see Peter Sellers movies for the first time again would be amazing. My dad absolutely loved him, and I can still hear him cackling at his movies growing up. As a kid, they weren't very funny, but as an adult I now get it.
  - TYPE_FASTER 8mo ago
    I watched the Pink Pather movies with my dad growing up, and re-watched them with my son a year or two ago. Watching them with him was kinda like watching for the first time. He was so funny. I need to watch some of his other films.
    - js2 8mo ago
      If you've never seen Being There, put it at the top of your list.
      - MrFots 8mo ago
        Chauncey Gardiner
qingcharles 8mo ago
Most county jails don't do any identity checks as they release detainees (except ask their ID number and birth date), they are usually small enough for the staff to know all the prisoners. I remember one incident at the Cook County Jail where two prisoners "swapped identity": https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/escaped-inmate-jahquez-scott-captured-swapped-identities-with-fellow-detainee-to-escape-cook-county-jail/ https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/escaped-inmate-jahquez-...
- thaumasiotes 8mo ago
  That looks like a case where the normal identity checks weren't done: >> Scott donned a medical mask and posed as Henderson, using his name and personal information to leave the jail, according to the sheriff's office.

TYPE_FASTER 8mo ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_the_Fox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_the_Fox I didn't know about about this film. Thank you!

dylan604 8mo ago
Aw man, I'm kind of jealous of you. To be able to go back and see Peter Sellers movies for the first time again would be amazing. My dad absolutely loved him, and I can still hear him cackling at his movies growing up. As a kid, they weren't very funny, but as an adult I now get it.
- TYPE_FASTER 8mo ago
  I watched the Pink Pather movies with my dad growing up, and re-watched them with my son a year or two ago. Watching them with him was kinda like watching for the first time. He was so funny. I need to watch some of his other films.
  - js2 8mo ago
    If you've never seen Being There, put it at the top of your list.
    - MrFots 8mo ago
      Chauncey Gardiner

qingcharles 8mo ago

Most county jails don't do any identity checks as they release detainees (except ask their ID number and birth date), they are usually small enough for the staff to know all the prisoners. I remember one incident at the Cook County Jail where two prisoners "swapped identity": https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/escaped-inmate-jahquez-scott-captured-swapped-identities-with-fellow-detainee-to-escape-cook-county-jail/ https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/escaped-inmate-jahquez-...

thaumasiotes 8mo ago
That looks like a case where the normal identity checks weren't done: >> Scott donned a medical mask and posed as Henderson, using his name and personal information to leave the jail, according to the sheriff's office.