That is a good question, and it deserves an answer. But what I'm about to tell you must remain in the strictest confidence.

Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers)

8 seconds sound clip from the A Shot in the Dark (1964) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:26:18.377 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- What was that you said?

- Uh, nothing.

- I see. All right. Well, you can go, Hercule.

(Door closing)

(Window blinds closing)

(Clouseau falling to the ground)

- I don't understand. Why in the name of heaven did you reassign Clouseau to the Gambrelli case?

- That is a good question, and it deserves an answer. But what I'm about to tell you must remain in the strictest confidence.

- This morning, at six o'clock, I received a phone call from a superior.

- I was informed that certain extremely influential parties were interested in having Clouseau back on the case.

- I had no choice but to comply.

- Amazing.

[...]