Clue (1985)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Jonathan Lynn

Writers:

John Landis (story) and
Jonathan Lynn (story) ...

Release Date:

13 December 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

It's Not Just A Game Anymore.

Plot:

Six guests are invited to a strange house and must cooperate with the staff to solve a murder mystery.

Plot Keywords:

Butler | Guest | Murder | Rope | Clue

Cast

Eileen Brennan	...	Mrs. Peacock
Tim Curry	...	Wadsworth
Madeline Kahn	...	Mrs. White
Christopher Lloyd	...	Professor Plum
Michael McKean	...	Mr. Green
Martin Mull	...	Colonel Mustard
Lesley Ann Warren	...	Miss Scarlet
Colleen Camp	...	Yvette
Lee Ving	...	Mr. Boddy
Bill Henderson	...	The Cop
Jane Wiedlin	...	The Singing Telegram Girl
Jeffrey Kramer	...	The Motorist
Kellye Nakahara	...	The Cook
Will Nye	...	Cop #1
Rick Goldman	...	Cop #2

Also Known As:

Clue: The Movie (USA) (poster title)

Runtime:

94 min | Sweden:97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:PG (NO. 27986) | Iceland:12 | New Zealand:PG | Australia:PG | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Differences in two weapons in the film include that the revolver in the board game is most commonly a pepperbox revolver (an early 1800s revolver with the six bullet chambers jutting out from the main gun parts). However, it is changed to a regular .38 caliber revolver to possibly keep up with the modern time period the film is set in. The lead pipe in the game was also bent at an angle, to emphasize the fact that it was (possibly) used in Mr. Boddy's murder; the film shows it completely straight.

Goofs:

Continuity: The ladder in the library disappears and reappears throughout the movie, as do the pots on the stove in the Kitchen.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Wadsworth: Is everything ready?
Yvette: Oui, Monsieur.
Wadsworth: You have your, um, instructions.

Movie Connections:

References "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969)

Soundtrack:

Shake, Rattle and Roll

It's All Good Baby...

How fantastic was this film??? It was made three years after i was born but the first time i saw it, about 7 year old i think... i fell in love. After mentioning to everyone i knew about this film nobody seemed to have heard of it... i get the same reaction now... all i can say is i feel real pity for the people that have never seen this film. One of the best films i have ever seen... not many people can watch films 4 times in one day but if you had the DVD you'd understand... watching all three random endings and then the film with all three!! Fantastic and you find yourself laughing just as much as you did the first time you watched it. All of the actors where brilliant and so incredibly funny, but i have to make a special mention to Tim Curry... OMG no matter what he does he's amazing but Wadsworth can turn the coldest heart, even when he's naughty ;) Tim Curry, we love you hun and you get better with age... It's all good babe!!!