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- How do you know it was a man?
- Because we found his fingerprints, Monsieur Ballon.

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

You can hear this line at 01:35:46.822 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You were talking about the closet, monsieur.

- Well, yes?

- You were saying that when the closet door was opened Maria received a bump on the head, and from that that you inferred that someone had been hiding...

- Yeah. She received a beump on...

- And listen, monsieur. Next time I may test you without warning, so pay attention at all times.

- Yes, monsieur.

- Now then. Whoever was in that closet opened the door and knocked Maria unconscious.

- And whoever the man was that was in that closet had a reason to be in that closet.

- How do you know it was a man?

- Because we found his fingerprints, Monsieur Ballon.

- And... they were your fingerprints.

- Well, why not? It's my house.

- I've often been in that closet.

- For what reason?

- Last time it was moths.

- Meuths?

- Moths.

- Yes, meuths.

- Maria was complaining of meuths.

- Meuths? Is that right, Maria, that you were complaining about these meuths?

- Yes, I did complain about moths.

- Oh, you mean meuths. Yes, the flying meuths, you mean. Yes, of course, of course, of course.

- No, but what I do not understand is that in a household of this size, the question of meuths should be brought to the attention of Monsieur Ballon, not one of the servants or the local meuth exterminator.

[...]

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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