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"Facts, Hercule, facts! Nothing matters but the facts. Without them the science of criminal investigation is nothing more than a guessing game."
"[after getting his hand caught in a spinning globe] Look at that. I have Africa all over my hand."
"I believe everything and I believe nothing. I suspect everyone and I suspect no one."
"Well, Cato, I'm back on the case. Ah-ha! [hits him] Now to set the trap, catch the killer and prove to the world that Maria Gambrelli is innocent... of murder. We must accelerate our training program. You must learn to attack me whenever and wherever I least expect it. And you, you must give no quarter."
"Prison is bad enough, without uncomfortable furniture."
"Give me ten men like Clouseau and I could destroy the world."
"If someone has been murdered here, please let it be Clouseau."
"The screen commits the perfect comedy!"
"There was a young sleuth full of tricks, solving murders would give him such kicks, till a suspect he treasured was found to be measured 36-26-36!"
"It's Sellers the Sleuth... and there's nothing he won't do to track down a body -- dead or alive!"
"This is a real high calibre comedy!"
"Meet the inspector who was always on the job In The Bedroom... In The Nightclub... In The Nudist Colony!"
"... The Picture That Gets Away With Murder!"
"Peter Sellers - Inspector Jacques Clouseau"
"Elke Sommer - Maria Gambrelli"
"George Sanders - Benjamin Ballon"
"Herbert Lom - Charles Dreyfus"
"Tracy Reed - Dominique Ballon"
"Graham Stark - Hercule Lajoy"
"Moira Redmond - Simone"
"Vanda Godsell - Madame LaFarge"
"Maurice Kaufmann - Pierre"
"Ann Lynn - Dudu"
"David Lodge - Georges"
"André Maranne - François"
"Martin Benson - Maurice"
"Burt Kwouk - Cato"
"Reginald Beckwith - Receptionist"
"Douglas Wilmer - Henri LaFarge"
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.