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We police have to put up with a lot of things in the course of our duties that in private life one wouldn't normally tolerate.

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

You can hear this line at 00:17:57.877 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- That is beautiful perfume you are wearing.

- It's bath oil.

- Is it?

- I really can't figure it out. Someone must have hit me.

- Yes. You have received a mild concussion with that beump.

- You have cream on your nose.

- What? Oh, that's nothing. It's from that thing over there.

- You're all wet.

- What? Oh, yes.

- Is it raining?

- No, it's just that stupid driver of mine parked too close to the fountain.

- You should get out of these clothes immediately. You'll catch your death of pneumonia, you will.

- Yes, yes, I probably will, but it's all part of life's rich pageant, you know.

- We police have to put up with a lot of things in the course of our duties that in private life one wouldn't normally tolerate.

- Why don't we have a smoke? Helps to calm the nerves, and enable us to think more clearly.

- It is lovely perfume you're wearing.

- That's not perfume. That's bath oil.

- Oh, is it?

- Well, it's very beautiful.

- Thank you.

- I can still smell it.

- Now, where were we?

- My bump.

- Beump, that's right. That you received when somebody hit you. Or, at least, we presume somebody hit you.

- How else could it have happened?

- Well, you see, in the police force, first, we presume, after, we find out. That is the way we work. Always work that way. Because if we work the other way, you see...

- Goodness, it's a bit stuffy in here.

[...]

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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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