Then why was he bashed on the head a few minutes later with a candlestick if he was dead already?
3 seconds sound clip from the Clue (1985) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:10:20.725 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- And Mr. Boddy went to get the surprise packages from the hall. And you all opened your presents.
- Mr. Boddy switched off the lights.
- Mr. Boddy lay on the floor apparently dead.
- He was dead! I examined him.
- 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.
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