All inquiries through Information Retrieval, and that's hopeless. They never tell you anything.
6 seconds sound clip from the Brazil (1985) TV Series.
You can hear this line at 00:48:53 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I don't suppose you'd happen to know how I can get round an IRQ 3, do you?
- Ooh, all information on third-level suspects is classified.
- All inquiries through Information Retrieval, and that's hopeless. They never tell you anything.
- Come the time they want something from us, oh, yes.
- There is one way I could get round it. I could accept my mother's promotion.
- Yes. No! You can't. You've just turned it down.
[...]