The Pink Panther (1963)

Colin Gordon: Tucker

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• Simone Clouseau : If I'm not being too nosy your highness, I read somewhere there was some dispute over the ownership of the Pink Panther.

  Princess Dala : It belongs to me. It was a gift from my late father. I shall never surrender it.

  Sir Charles Lytton : Why should you?

  Princess Dala : When the present government seized power, they claimed the diamond was the property of the people. There's even some talk of the international court deciding the issue.

  Sir Charles Lytton : I'll tell you what, why don't I steal the diamond, leave that old glove or whatever it is behind, and you and I can split the insurance.

  Princess Dala : All right.

  George Lytton : I feel like dancing.

  [to Princess Dala] 

  George Lytton : Your Highness?

  Princess Dala : I'd love to.

  Sir Charles Lytton : [to Simone]  How about you, Madame?

  Simone Clouseau : Yes, of course.

  Inspector Jacques Clouseau : Your leg is better, Sir. Charles?

  Sir Charles Lytton : What?

  Inspector Jacques Clouseau : I say your leg is better.

  Sir Charles Lytton : Oh, yes. Much better. Thank you.

  Inspector Jacques Clouseau : You know, Mr. Tucker...

  [scalds his hand] 

  Inspector Jacques Clouseau : Argh!

  [put his burnt hand into Mr. Tucker's beer] 

  Tucker : That's my beer, old man.

• Inspector Jacques Clouseau : I am willing to bet you ten thousand francs, that the phantom is in Cortina at this very moment. Even, perhaps, in this very room.

  Simone Clouseau : How exciting. What do you think, Mr. Tucker?

  Tucker : Oh, I agree with the inspector. You see, Ten of his last fifteen victims have been guests at Angela Dunning's parties.

  Sir Charles Lytton : What are we all talking about?

  Simone Clouseau : The notorious Phantom.

  Princess Dala : I'm afraid I never heard of him.

  Sir Charles Lytton : From the little I've read about him, he seems to be quite a fellow.

  Inspector Jacques Clouseau : Believe me. There are few thieves who are as clever as the Phantom. Each theft is completely different and unique, classic in its conception.

  George Lytton : I thought you were working on the theory that he does repeat himself.

  Inspector Jacques Clouseau : Well, only as far as Angela Dunning's parties are concerned. However, there is one other duplication, but that is his ah... trademark, his calling card, so to speak. He always leaves a white monogrammed glove.

  Princess Dala : Sounds terribly theatrical.

• Tucker : Your Highness, if I were the Phantom, I'd have chosen my victim already.

  Princess Dala : Really? And who would that be?

  Tucker : Well, who owns the most fabulous diamond in the world?

  Princess Dala : I suppose I do.

  Inspector Jacques Clouseau : Exactly. The Pink Panther. Such a prize he could never resist. He would be bound to try for it.

  Princess Dala : I'm afraid he'd be disappointed. The Pink Panther is in my safe, at...

  Inspector Jacques Clouseau : [interrupting]  Your Highness, please. Don't say it, not here.

• Inspector Jacques Clouseau : Hello, old bean. Your company insures the Pink Panther.

  Tucker : Yes, for half a million.

  Inspector Jacques Clouseau : Pounds?

  Tucker : Sterling.

• Tucker : [after Clouseau, having burned his hand on the fireplace hood, jams it into his tall beer mug]  My beer, old man.

  Inspector Jacques Clouseau : I'm sorry.

  [He tries to pull his hand out but it's stuck]