- Well, you tell them it's not true.
- It's not true.
- Is that true?
- No, it's not true.
- Aha! So it is true! A double negative.
- A double negative? Do you mean you have photographs?
— Colonel Mustard (Martin Mull)
8 seconds sound clip from the Clue (1985) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:21:24.458 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Well, I am willing to believe you. I, too, am being blackmailed for something I didn't do.
- Me, too.
- And me.
- Not me.
- You're not being blackmailed?
- I'm being blackmailed all right. But I did what I'm being blackmailed for.
- Yeah? What's the phone number?
- So how did you know Colonel Mustard works in Washington? Is he one of your clients?
- Well, you tell them it's not true.
- Aha! So it is true! A double negative.
- A double negative? Do you mean you have photographs?
- Are you trying to make me look stupid in front of the other guests?
- You don't need any help from me, sir.
- But he holds a sensitive security post in the Pentagon.
- And, Colonel, you drive a very expensive car for someone who lives on a colonel's pay.
[...]