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- Give me the prison superintendent immediately.
- Yes, sir.

3 seconds sound clip from the A Shot in the Dark (1964) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:30:03.102 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- But, anyway, first, a few simple questions.

- Is it all right if I smoke?

- Oh, yes, of course, yes. Have one of mine.

- Thank you.

- Ah.

- Well, have one of mine.

- Mm? Oh, thank you. That's very kind of you. Very, very kind of you.

- That's all right.

- Allow me. Thank you.

- Other way around.

- Hm? What? Oh. It tastes very bad when you do that.

- Well, now... are you comfortable?

- They should have chairs like this in the prison.

- Yes, yes. Most certainly they should. As I recall, the furniture is deplorable. Extremely bad taste.

- Terrible. One might as well sit on the floor.

- Yes, yes, it's really high time that somebody did something about it, don't you think?

- Sure.

- As a matter of fact, I will do something about it this very moment.

- Give me the prison superintendent immediately.

- Yes, sir.

- You know, sometimes it's necessary to cut through the red tape, and strike directly at the heart of the matter.

- Prison is bad enough without uncomfortable furniture.

- Yes? Superintendent, this is Inspector Clouseau.

- When are you going to do something about that terrible furniture in your prison? Hmm? Well, we are not savages. This is not the Middle Ages. I mean, you are running a house of correction, not a torture chamber.

- That made him think.

[...]

A Shot in the Dark (1964) Sound Clip

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Actors: Peter Sellers (Inspector Jacques Clouseau), Herbert Lom (Commissioner Charles Dreyfus), George Sanders (Monsieur Benjamin Ballon), Elke Sommer (Maria Gambrelli)

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