However remiss the prosecutor has been in complimenting me, he at least admits that I have brains. Thank you, monsieur. I have.
11 seconds sound clip from the Monsieur Verdoux movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:57:25 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I do not ask for vengeance, but for the protection of society.
- For this mass killer I demand the extreme penalty: that he be put to death on the guillotine.
- You have been found guilty. Have you anything to say before sentence is passed upon you?
- Has it not blown unsuspecting women and little children to pieces and done it very scientifically?
- As a mass killer, I'm an amateur by comparison.
- However, I do not wish to lose my temper because very shortly I shall lose my head.
[...]