Yeah, I would be delighted to arrest her, yes. But on what charge? It could be very embarrassing for me if I go to her and say, Lady Litton, I arrest you, and she says, On what charge? and I do not have the answer.

— Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers)

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11 seconds sound clip from the The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:39:30.776 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Allô, allô. This is Inspector Clouseau. Please connect me with Paris, France. Trocadero, 3-7-1 -

- Allô. Oui? What? Who? Oh. Yes, yes, okay, I'll accept it.

- Allô, Clouseau. No, he's not here. He's on vacation. He won't be back for a week.

- But I just spoke with him, and he instructed me to arrest Lady Litton immediately.

- What? Yes. That's very easy for you to say.

- Yeah, I would be delighted to arrest her, yes. But on what charge? It could be very embarrassing for me if I go to her and say, Lady Litton, I arrest you, and she says, On what charge? and I do not have the answer.

- What? Oh, yes. And the same to you! Filthy swine.

- Cato, very strange.

- Chief Inspector Dreyfus calls me up, tells me to go and arrest Lady Litton immediately, without a charge.

- I call him back to speak with him, I find he's not in his office. Even stranger, I find he's gone away on vacation.

[...]

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