- Were. You really think he's... past tense?
- Well, it certainly seems possible.
- Oh, it would be wonderful.
— Inspector Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom)
7 seconds sound clip from the Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:43:56.117 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Listen, I think this is a mistake.
- Tell her I'm out of town on a case.
- But do you think talking to her is wise?
- You were his immediate superior.
- Were. You really think he's... past tense?
- Well, it certainly seems possible.
- And, uh, sooner or later, a persistent reporter, like Marie Jouvet...
- But what can I say? What can I tell her? That I thought him an imbecile?
- No.
- That I thought he was the luckiest man in the world with the brain of a retarded clam?
[...]