Clearly his best hope of escaping death was to pretend to be dead already.
4 seconds sound clip from the Clue (1985) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:10:37.450 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Then why was he bashed on the head a few minutes later with a candlestick if he was dead already?
- All right, I made a mistake.
- Right, but if so, why was Mr. Boddy pretending to be dead?
- Look. The bullet grazed his ear.
- Clearly his best hope of escaping death was to pretend to be dead already.
- Whoever tried to grab the gun from me in the dark was trying to kill him.
- But remember what happened next.
- Mrs. Peacock took a drink. You said, Maybe it's poisoned. She screams. We took her to the sofa.
(Slap) Well, I had to stop her screaming.
[...]
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Actors: Tim Curry (Wadsworth), Madeline Kahn (Mrs. White), Christopher Lloyd (Professor Plum), Martin Mull (Colonel Mustard), Lesley Ann Warren (Miss Scarlet), Michael McKean (Mr. Green), Eileen Brennan (Mrs. Peacock), Colleen Camp (Yvette)
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