Film

Clue 1985

Directed by Jonathan Lynn

  • Comedy, Crime, Mystery
  • 94 min
  • PG

It's not just a game anymore.

Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises.

ComedyCrimeMysteryblackmailbutlerboard gamemansionwhodunitmaidold houseone by onesecret passagewaymurder mysterymurder weapondinner guest

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