I admired his successes, but his methods... They made a mockery of everything I knew of police work, so I quit.

7 seconds sound clip from the Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:55:36.958 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- And I shall find the murderer before the day is out.

- Maria Gambrelli will tell me who he is. Oh, yes.

- Yet Clouseau was proved right. Maria Gambrelli was innocent.

- Clouseau was always proved right at the end of the case. But on the way even he made a few miscalculations.

- And now he is lost in the sea.

- I admired his successes, but his methods... They made a mockery of everything I knew of police work, so I quit.

- But I have a good life. I carry a few cargoes. I charter to a group of tourists in August when it gets too hot to stay in Paris.

- Don't you miss it sometimes, the excitement?

- Young lady, if I missed the excitement don't you think I would bait my hook?

- Thank you, Hercule Lajoy. I like you. And I don't think you're nearly the hard case you make yourself out to be.

- I like Hercule too, just because he is the hard case he seems to be.

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