- You lure men to their deaths like a spider with flies.
- Flies are where men are most vulnerable.
- Right.

— Colonel Mustard (Martin Mull), Mrs. White (Madeline Kahn)

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6 seconds sound clip from the Clue (1985) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:35:38.670 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- How can you make jokes at a time like this?

- It's my defense mechanism.

- Some defense.

- If I was the killer, I'd kill you next. I said if. If.

- Hey, come on. There's only one admitted killer here. And it is certainly not me. It is her.

- I've admitted nothing.

- Well, you paid the blackmail.

- How many husbands have you had?

- Mine or other women's?

- Yours.

- Five.

- Five?

- Yes. Just the five.

- Husbands should be like Kleenex: soft, strong, and disposable.

- You lure men to their deaths like a spider with flies.

- Flies are where men are most vulnerable.

- Right.

- Well, if it wasn't you, then who was it?

- Who had the dagger, anyway? It was you, Mrs. Peacock, wasn't it?

- Yes. But I put it down.

- Where?

- In the study.

- When?

- I don't know. Before I fainted, or after I fainted... I don't know! But any of you could have picked it up.

- Look. I suggest we take the cook's body into the study.

- Why?

- I'm the butler. I like to keep the kitchen tidy.

- Look!

- What?

- The body's gone!

- What are you all staring at?

- Nothing.

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