- 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.

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

You can hear this line at 00:56:06.513 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- 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.

- But if you really want to get to the bottom of this Clouseau thing, forget about us, the ones on his side of the law. Dig up some of the crooks he caught, or didn't catch.

- Goodbye.

- Call again when you're in the neighborhood!

- Thank you. I may do that.

- They only show the top half of you on television. I'm glad the bottom is just as good.

- Me too.

- How's business?

- Better.

- Pickin' up.

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