Rebecca De Mornay credited as playing...
Claire Dupin
- Auguste Dupin: [awakened while playing chess] Oh, dear!
- [clears his throat and looks at the board]
- Auguste Dupin: Did I miss that? Am I losing my concentration as well as everything else?
- [laughs]
- Claire Dupin: You were asleep, Father?
- Auguste Dupin: That's no excuse for incompetence. I used to be able to sleep and think at the same time.
- [laughs ironically and then adds introspectively]
- Auguste Dupin: I was famous for it.