“He released her again, and he's taking her out to dinner to dinner....” – Dreyfus, Shot in the Dark, A ... Movie Quotes Database

Dreyfus

[chuckles and whimpers]

He released her again, and he's taking her out to dinner to dinner. Every paper in Paris has the story, including the Christian Science Monitor, and he gave them the story! You see, he claims she's protecting her lover, and the best way to force him into the open is to make him jealous. Jealous! That nincompoop! That megalomaniac! He's setting the science of criminal investigation back a thousand years, and I can't do anything about it!

Psychoanalyst

Why not?

Dreyfus

Why not? What if he's right?

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