"CLUE" (1985)

MUSIC: : , a — We are looking up at a house. It stands some distance | a away, on aihill. From the moment WE SEE it we know that. it is a house of terror -- imposing, Gothic, gloomy, — menacing. Perhaps it is reminiscent of the house in Psycho, perhaps -- thoughnot a castle -- it has the deserted soulless empty quality of Kane's house when ‘seen first‘throughits -gates.

‘The MUSICWE HEAR isThriller music, urgent gangs:

‘Suggestingpanic, suggestingunspoken | evil. Bernard Hermann sort-of-music.

And the weather is overcast. There is a watery moon strugglingto break through racing Clouds. -Buta thunderstorm is onthe way. /

| Superimpose: MAIN: TITLES

A car ‘turns:‘Off a ‘highway onto a country Lane ‘leading towards the house. Thecar would not be the-cat'swhiskers even in the year in which this story takes place.

END TITLES - SUPERIMPOSE "1954"

‘CAMERA ‘CRANES DOWN andMOVES WITH the car AS it approaches the gates of thehouse. They are closed. A man gets out of the car. He is aBUTLER. He is dressed like a butler.

' He has the manner of a butler. Even when opening gates

all alone he.does so with the demeanour of a butler. His . name isWADSWORTH. -Having opened thegates, he sits back | in hiscar, and motorsslowly up theprivate drive. |

| EXT. THE FRONT DOOR -/NIGHT |

AS ‘THE, BUTLER's-Car draws ‘to ahalt, there is a-distant .

RUMBLE of THUNDER. Lights can be seen through someof | the ground floor windows. A savage looking‘German > Shepherd snarls and bareshis teeth atthe arriving car. Another German Shepherd iscrapping on top of the front steps. Both. dogs are chained up.

WADSWORTH gets out of the car, locks it methodically, and mounts the steps to the front.door. ‘Oneof the. dogsleaps

athim, trying to attack him. He throws a chunkof raw meat at the dogs. They fall upon it hungrily, and retreat to the sideof the steps. ‘WADSWORTH is relieved.

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He‘Steps:back, ‘eyes ‘them- satisfied - “produces. a kev. Re from his overcoat pocket, turns, steps in the dog oe

“on a HALL - NIGHT

Methodically, WADSWORTH opens the front door. Itcreaks. He comes in sniffs, makes a face, scrapes his shoe, shuts thedoor, hangsup his coat-on the coat stand. He wears a black jacket, white tie, stiff collar and vinstripe “trousers. ‘He walks across the marble floor, his foot- steps. -echoing ‘onthecold, grey stone. He stops .atthe open Dining Room door and looks in. The table is beautifully and meticulously laid for dinner for seven.

“INT. THE LIBRARY - NIGHT

_YVETTE is theFrench Maid. She is.young, beautiful, with -a- greatfigure which is tightly encased in a maid's uni- form -- black dress, little white apron and cap, sheer black stockings and dainty black shoes. But the skirt is “shorterthan normal, and very tight over her bottom -- and her black dress is very low cut. Her ample bosom is - pushed right up and half out of ‘the top of the dress. She is an outrageousyoung lady, with an improbable French accent which cannot be reproduced on the page. She has been polishing a glass, and dancing to the latest pon music on the radio. She bends forward to replace the | glass on the tray, her breasts falling.beautifully forward. WADSWORTH watches ~

Is.everything ready? ae eC ees

a QWETTE Oui, Monsieur. oo | | ;

WADSWORTH leaves the library, YVETTE sniffs and makes a face. WADSWORTH crosses the hall to the kitchen. | : YVETTElooks .at the.bottom of her.‘shoes, ‘puzzled.We ‘REAR a METALLIC SCRAPING SOUND. —

inn. THE -‘(RITCHEN-“NIGHT

"WADSWORTH comes in. The COOK, a plump’but | - inserutable Chinese lady, is methodically ‘sharpening *

a large shiny carving knife on a stsel. In the

_background is film of SINATORJOSEPH MCCARTHY-of Wisconsin on a 1950'sblack and white TV set, per- _. formingcharacteristically at a hearing on the House

Committee of Onv AmericanActivities. (Actual film).

She stands.UR face to face with ‘him.

ee : MRS. ‘HO. . Dinner will be ready at nine-thirty.

And she settles down and watches the TV as WADSWORTH leaves. —

A -MAN's hand-grasps hold of the bell-pull. Pulls.

“INT. BELL TURRET - NIGHT

‘The bell Jerks and clange.

‘INT. THEHALL - NIGHT

WADSWORTHis.erossing the Hall. The bell stops -.Clanging. He looks at his watch and nods. Every- - thing in order. He opens the door. WE SEE a _Smartly turned|out.me He is eyeing the dogs.

x mes WADSWORTH “Goodevening.

He stepsaside. ‘But the MAN docs not.come in. The MAN's car is parked in the drive. The dogs areback ‘beside their kennel,eating.

MAN | "Good evening. — t don’ t knowAte.

He falters. WADSWORTH comes.to the rescue.

Taree |‘WADSWORTH | nas Yes indeed sir, you are expected, Colonel. | a

The word ‘Colonel’ seems to reassure the ‘MAN a-little. — ke steps Any and WADSWORTH closes the front: door.

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| WADSWORTH ©

(continuing). “May I ‘take your.‘coat?It is Colonel Mustard, ‘isn'tit?

He holds out his hand.

‘WADSWORTHholds up his right.hand, sharply. ‘COLONEL MUSTARD flinches. ‘Hereminds.usa little:‘ofColonel” Hall in “Sergeant:Bilko". ae |

ee SO‘WADSWORTH ‘Forgiveme but. tonight you may well feel obliged to my employer - for the use of a pseudonym. “

COLONEL -MUSTARD -didn’ t quite.get. allthat.WADSWORTH turns and-hangs up COLONEL MUSTARD'S coat on hook. The >

then looks at :his-ownfeet. | —

| 7 COLONEL MUSTARD | ‘Who-are you?”

_ . (WADSWORTH IT am-Wadsworth, sir. “The -Butler.

And he leads the way across the Hall. COLONEL MUSTARD enters with reluctance and suspicion, looking up and around the. high coldGothic hall, litby a flickering chandelier and shafts of moonlight stealing through the stainediglass peated |

oan ‘LIBRARY-NIGHT

YVETTE ‘is. pouring.champagne 2at the:drinks ‘table; as” WADSWORTH and COLONEL MUSTARD enter. YVETTE and the “COLONEL look at :-each other.with2particular interest. WADSWORTH notices. a

a ares WADSWORTH oon “Ywette, would.you attend to. the Colonel and give hin.anything he Pequiress ooo wee | me “(abeat) ‘Within reason, | that is.

orsal ‘Thereis a RING at the DOORBELL again ... WADSWORTH | leaves, shutting the door behind him softly. The door,

MUSTARD turns to speak to WADSWORTH just as the door has closed. He can! t evensee where the door was.

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MRS. WHITE isstanding -there. She is a pale, tragic but beautiful lookingwoman aincherthirties. Dark har and eyes, white skin, dressed in black. WADSWORTH opens the | door. —

‘WADSWORTH ‘Do come in, Madam, you. are expected...

‘she reminds. us of a woman from aCharles Adams cartoon. She is holding a letter. }

éa MRS. WHITE. segeee

Do you .know who I am?

“She steps.inside. He helps her. off with her.coat.

_distaste. Then she checks her. ‘feet. nd,

“COLONEL MUSTARD is still locking for the door handle. YVETTE is handing a drinkto COLONEL MUSTARD. Suddenly © the door.opens, andflattens himagainst the wall. WADSWORTH enters, followed: by. MRS . WHITE.

WADSWORTH eee a Ah. May Iintroduce you — Mrs. acer White, this is.Yvette, the maid -- |

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other) | or see you.“know each other.— (CONTINUED) -

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oe, ae MRS. ‘WHITE andYVETTE |eye each other -- then their.eyes Cy oo CUENY, infear, toWADSWORTH. COLONEL MUSTARD appears.

- OTS WADSWORTH : Are you all right, ‘Colonel?

A rumble of THUNDER. A stunningly attractive woman, -whom we. shallcall MISS SCARLET, is bending over the - open hood ofher automobile. She is ‘staringat the: engine in-despair. She. gets” intothe car,and turns the starter.again. Theengine is. dead.

“In ‘the.distance she sees headlights ‘coming towardher. She tries to attract the ‘attention-of the.passing”car.

13 ssf. shoreseod vans CAR - NIGHT eee ee

| PROFESSOR PLUM is driving along.

He is“Listeningto SENATORJOSEPH MCCARTHY coming ‘live froma hearing:of The House Committee -onUn-American

Activities. (Actual recording.‘) -He sees MISS SCARLET,

and eyes her carefully as he drives past. Deciding that she'srather a dish, he ‘slows down,stopsand reverses -

back to her. -— |

| ‘PROFESSOR PLUM What's the.trouble?

| ‘PROFESSOR PLUM want.a Aetee

“she.hesitates. ee we

| "PROFESSORPLUM (continuing; leering) ite s perfectly safe.

She.gececin ares -

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- PROFESSOR PLUM - Me. ‘too.Where are you going? |

: - MISS SCARLET You know this ‘part.ofthe world? |

ee PROFESSOR ‘PLUM Nope.

| MISS SCARLET | | oe | Me neither. oo ee BOIS eo (she -getsa Letter.out. : , -of‘her purse. I'm-going toHill:‘House ce ieoff ‘RoutePorty~One.

PROFESSOR PLUM catches sight of the letter heading.

ee PROFESSOR. PLUM Wait a minute. Let me look at

(he takes it from her and and looks at it) That's where I'm going. 7 SOE: a letter ‘like ‘this. |

They look .at-each other with a mixtureof interest and ‘suspicion. Heavy dropsof rain start to fallI-onthe windshield. .He ‘startsthe windshield wipers, and drives on. |

14 Ee INT. “THE LIBRARY - ‘NIGHT

"WADSWORTH is introducing MRS. “PEACOCK to MRS. “WHITE.and. ‘COLONEL MUSTARD. MRS. PEACOCK is a wealthy woman, with _ “jewels.anda fur stole with fox‘tails.and Claws dangling from. it. ‘She has’considerable vanity . |

WADSWORTH © | And ‘thisis Mrs. Peacock. —

| . COLONEL - MUSTARD Bow do”you do? |

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- ae .Yvette,-would you please.go and

vee aeeee ee |

- check that dinner will be ready| just as soon as all ‘theguests: ae |oe | ‘have arrived?

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ee WWEDTE goes. ‘WADSWORTHtoo. MRS. PEACOCK watches her : + go, with slight incredulity. YVETTE hasapparently been poured into her tight little dress. | aoe Ae

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Cy - @hen MRS. PEACOCK sniffs and surreptitiously checks her Nose” | oe Feet.‘hen looksat the. others'feet. , 2 |

15.EXE. THE HOUSE - NIGHT

“Gwo more cars are parked in the driveway. MRS. PEACOCK's and thecar.belonging ‘to the dapper youngman, tall,slim, - bespectacled and exquisitely turned out,who waits by the : oe

front door.

WADSWORTH opens it.

| | MR. “GREEN | “Is this ‘the right address to meet Mr. Boddy? |

- WADSWORTH nods and Stands: aside ‘to.admit him. |

a WADSWORTH You mustbe Mr. Green.

MR. GREEN nods anxiously. One of the two dogs is ‘straining atthe leash. | ee

on | | , WADSWORTH | ep ee — (gontinuing; firmly) wh BRE Oe

“MR. -GREENimmediately sits, on a chair just inside the

front door. WADSWORTH turnsand sees him.

Pa | _. WADSWORTH :

Cae ee .

’

_ *PROFESSOR.PLUM‘is.ariving. “MISS:SCARLET is.map“reading.

MISS”SCARLET (It should be‘justalong here.

‘170 EXT. ‘THE.GATES - ‘NIGHT

orem the P,0.ve of the house.and.gates,;:WE‘SEEthecar turn: off” the: road.‘eowards: the house.”‘Thecar.“stops. —

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PROFESSOR PLUM and MISS. SCARLET's P.O.V.,.WE SEE the Gothic mansion. It is magnificent, imposing, and scary. There is a tremendous flash of forked lightning, then a (CRACK of THUNDER. | |

| ‘MISS SCARLET. “Why has the car stopped?

It's frightened.

Another tremendous THUNDERCLAP and flash -- it ‘is. as.ae the Gods are angry with Hilltop House. PROFESSOR PLUM -re~startsthe engine, and as the.car moves ‘forward | ‘through the gates-the heavens open. A cloudburst. ‘Rain -beatsdown on thecar and the gravel drive. ‘Palm‘trees ‘bending,-nearly flattened‘by the gale-force winds.

48 | INT. THE LIBRARY - NIGHT _ oO ot |

COLONEL MUSTARD, MRS. WHITE, AND MRS. PEACOCK are standing around with their glasses of. champagne.

YVETTE offers.‘one‘toMR. GREEN who takes it. They are all aware of the tremendous ‘storm:-outside.Theireyes turn apprehensively towards the mighty leaded windows, _ which rattle.as the rain drums against them. ,

PROFESSOR PLUM and MISS. SCARLET are hurrying out of their car, and up to the front door,. amidthe torrential _downpour. They RING the DOORBELL, and look about. In only ‘the few. stepsfrom thecar theyare soaking wet. He is protecting her from the rain, his hand around her and his coat“overhervhead.

“PROFESSOR PLUM | (hushed) | What a God-forsakenplace.

They look. around, under thecover of the front porch. _” WADSWORTH -opens,the. door.He is.‘surprised.

; ‘WADSWORTH “professor Plum and Miss Scarlet? I-didn't. realize.you were oo _ acquainted. _ eo

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COLONEL MUSTARD , MRS. WHITE, MRS. PEACOCK, and MR. GREEN - “are standing around nervously, not talking to each other, looking up and around at the great bookcases filled with leather-bound volumes. WADSWORTH -enters with PROFESSOR: PLUM and ‘MISSSCARLET. |

‘WADSWORTH ae May I present eee Professor Plum, -and“Miss>‘Scarlet. |

They nod. He ‘takes a silver salver from YVETTE and | offers the two glasses to MISS SCARLET and PROFESSOR PLUM.

| GREEN takes one.‘they. all sip thier champagne. The * ‘log fire crackles and spits.

“WADSWORTH. (continuing) | of course, since you have each » been addressed by a pseudonym, ~ -mobody here is:being.addressed bytheir. ‘realname.

- Theyall glance nervously at each other, with renewed _ suspicion. “Suddenly there is.a terrifying CRASH! Everyone jumps. MR. GREEN's champagne shoots out.of his glass” and all overhimself and MRS. PEACOCK."

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| (rt.‘is.the cone,“being forcefully struckby. THE‘COOK.

22° oINT. THELIBRARY/BALL/DINING ROOM

Ah, ‘dimner.,

MR. ‘GREENis mopping Up MRS. PEACOCK. cece

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ee OMR. GREEN” I'm sorry, I'ma iittle “accident prone. SUS Te

“and he leads. everyone out of‘the: Library .and acrossthe Hall. As they come into the Hall, THE COOK vanishes into the Kitchen. “WADSWORTH leads on into the Dining — -Room.

they -all-crowd in ‘through ‘the door.andhesitateas they i see the beautiful long mahogany table, set.as if for - college feast-- silver.:cutlery, ‘Wedgewood »“China,‘candles ‘and -Crystaldecanters andgoblets of varying sizes for various wines. A vision of:‘Elegance.—

- WADSWORTH (Vv.0.i “You will find your names beside your “places.—Please be seated.

they all sit at the table. ‘Three on ‘each.side. There ais.oneempty, place,at the head of the- table. :

COLONEL‘MUSTARD _ 18 this place for you?.

ee, oe - WADSWORTH , Indeed: hosgir. I ammerelya mS humble SES Tos ;

ee ‘COLONEL MUSTARD 2 | Emmi So.what exactly do you: do?

or buttle,, ee

| Which”means what? ee

Ss eee WADSWORTH | ; The butler is head of the’Kitchen -.and-dining room. I-keep > everything... tidy, that!Ss.all.

ae ‘COLONEL ‘MUSTARD; ot see,” Semper)

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MRS. ‘PEACOCK- (sitting) Well, what' s all this about,- Butler? This dinner party. -

| ‘WADSWORTH - : (smoothly) "Ours not to reason why Ours but to-do and die... "

PROFESSOR PLUM looks up anxiously.

, _.PROFESSOR PLUM "Die"?

Musici But WADSWORTH is.‘smiling.reassuringly.|

“WADSWORTH “Merely quoting, sir, from Alfred Lord Tenny sons’

ee COLONEL MUSTARD I prefer Kipling myself. "The female of the species is more deadlythan the -male."

| The LADIES. all stare at him coldly.‘He picks up a plate | Of hors aoeuvres ‘And, offersit.to MISS SCARLET." a :

COLONEL MUSTARD: (continuing) NS Do you: like.Kipling, Miss Scarlet?

ae ees MISS” SCARLET. “sure, ‘Ty eat anything.

YVETTE has been going‘round the. table, with soup bowls.

Ce, _YVETTE- | “shark's,fin“SOUP,Madame?

MRS. PEACOCK gets ‘some, then.‘MISS.SCARLET, then MRS. MES. Pr ‘thenPROFESSOR PLUM, and COLONEL MUSTARD. COLONEL _ MUSTARD indicates the elegant Chippendale‘Spright | armchair. at the-head of) thetable.

‘COLONEL: MUSTARD So. is this: for ourhost?

(CONTINUED) —

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CONTINUED (2): : + WADSWORTH

“No gir-- for. the seventh:guest.

Beas Mr. Boddy. | Zi;4 oat

ALL the GUESTS |Lookat eachother, |somewhat, surprised.

| MRS. ‘WHITE Cee ot thought Mr._ Boddy was our host.

| THE OTHERS So did I! |

‘So who is our host, Wadsworth? |

WADSWORTH ignores the.question. But he is pouring ‘the wine -- perhapshe did not.hear at. nee

| ‘PROFESSOR PLUM | ‘well, I'm going to start, while o it’ Ss. stillhot. : |

He picks up his spoon, then sees “that not everyone has beenserved. |

| ‘MRS._PEACOCK ‘Shouldn't we wait for ‘theother guest? — | |

| YVETTE aoe or will Keep:something warn for

| “miss SCARLET ee -(acidly) 0 pe What aid you have in mind, dear?

PROFESSORPLUM sees ‘that.everyone has been served. He ~

starts. eating. | ‘So do theothers. ‘The ‘slurping sounds Qf soup being eaten,as delicately.as possible, as

listening-= toeach other. BIG: CLOSE-UPS:Or.‘TWO SHOTS of each of ‘the SIx GUESTS" inturn. | is |

YVETTE goes”out to the Kitchen, followed byWADSWORTH.

- aAgter éating -in silence for a while, ‘ARS. PEACOCK speaksay nervously. - aoe | | |

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ALL heads turn -towards”her.She loses her-nerve © momentarily, then continues, speaking rather too quickly with a slight air of hysteria.

: 7 os. . gtart the -ball. rolling,Imean, CO . BS‘have | absclutely no idea what |

‘we're doinghere or what I'm --doing here or what this place.is about but I'm determined to enjoy myself and very intrigued and oh -

' a | : my, . thissoup is delicious, isn' : fo - a 1t? |

a ae “MRS. ‘WHITE_ | ee So You say you areused to being a | Nee work?”

| | 7 “MRS. PEACOCK | Yes. It's an integral part of your life. whenyou' rethe wife Of a... | : _ 7 (she stops herself) _ But then, I forgot, we are not _ supposed to ‘saywho we reall are, are we, though Heavens to ‘Betsy. Idon't know why. ;

ns. |‘COLONELMUSTARD ‘Don’€ you? ee

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There is another silence. wR. GREEN 4is staring at MRS. PEACOCK. . | . — | MR. GREEN

(quietly) qT.‘knowwho you are.

MRS. PEACOCK looks at him, surprised, | oer |

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23. CONTINUED (4): _

‘MR. GREEN shrugs. It's not up to himto say, but MRS. PEACOCK can't leave’ it alone. |

- ‘MRS.PEACOCK

ae | ‘PROFESSOR PLUM | Washington? | 7 | "(he ‘looks at. MRS, PEACOCK) So you're. a politician’ 8 wife?

MRS. PEACOCK realizes she.has ‘to brazen it out.

SEES, MRS. "PEACOCK | Yes, I am. |

| They all stare ate‘her, waiting for 1more»information.

ares COLONELMUSTARD» Come on‘then: = ‘who! s your:husband?

The -door |opens.suddenly. They‘all jump.a little. WADSWORTHcomes in. He indicates to YVETTE to come in ' and collect up tthe soupbowls. She does so in a tense silence, and.departs: with WADSWORTH, . whocloses the door - -“pehind them. —“Meanwhile,‘theconversation has _ Continued. nee | | oe

a = ‘MRS.“PEACOCK i ae and what |does "your nunband 40? pee ee

“Nothing. fone

MRS. ‘PEACOCKcan’twork out what mrs.mes a.

| MRS. PEACOCK . wees Morning |atali? ee aoe ee

res | MRS. WHITE . Well,he just.‘liesaround on:his” “back allee hee .

oe MISS SCARLET oS (dryly). ; "Sounds 1ike hard work to me.

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nasa They all look at ‘MISS SCARLET. Suddenly a panel shoots - up behind them. They all Jump. MR. GREEN spills food ~ OF wine over .MISS: SCARLET. ee ES

WE SEE it is a hatch into.‘the Kitchen. YVETTE is _ 7placing. the main course in the hatch. — eee

Excuse ‘mol..

In. the bs.gu, indistinctly, WE.‘SEE:‘COOK dishingup‘food. _ WADSWORTH ‘comesinto the DiningRoom, and starts placing) the main course in front of each. guest. It is Chinese food -= acouple of bland looking main. dishes with rice, noodles and so forth. MRS. PEACOCK tastes it.

Rs. PEACOCK Mmm. Delicious | 7 (she glances «admiringly : ‘through the servinghatch) “This is one of my favorite recipes.

sanavona « ‘edges in.front.of thepass-through so that _ MRS. PEACOCK ‘cannot-‘seethe-‘COOR.a

I know, |‘Madam.

She.locks: at him with further curiosity. WADSWORTH | Starts: to pourthe wine, topping:up one.or ‘twoglass@a

an MRS. “PEACOCK : So what do ‘you:ete Washington ~D.Coe,ME; Grsen? ffl gE eS

our.GREEN| smiles and shakeshishead. “MRS. PEACOCK persists. cere

MRS. PEACOCK | | (continuing) os para Come on, whatdo» ou do? How . are we to get.acquainted if we | _ don' tsayanything about |ourselves? — a

ao‘GREEN smiles |a wintrysmile.

| MISS SCARLET _ |“Perhaps: hedoesn't. wantto get

oe acquainted wath you. oe ae

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23 -CONTINUED .(6)>:

- MRS. “PEACOCK Well, Idon't know I'm sure. If I wasn't trying to keep the conversation |goingwe'd all be sitting here in.an embarrassed silence. . PROFESSOR PLUM (curious) Are you frightened of silence, Mrs. Peacock?

-.MRS.PEACOCK (frightened) MO wo way eR

| PROFESSOR.‘PLUM It just seems to me that you are. You seem to suffer from what we call pressure of speech. - MISS SCARLET picks this up at once.

‘We? ‘Who's "we"?

PROFESSOR PLUM hesitates.

| MISS SCARLET (continuing) Are you a ‘Shrink?.

| ‘PROFESSOR PLUM Er... I doknow a little about “psychological medicine,yes.

PROFESSOR ‘PLUM (evasively) ee | I am, but I don'tt practice.

MRS. PEACOCK doesn't. know what she’Ss talking about.|

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‘PROFESSOR PLUM - T work for UNO. ‘The united Nations Organization. ©

COLONEL MUSTARD is not impressed. ;

COLONEL MUSTARD | Another politician? Jesus.

"PROFESSOR PLUM Family planning.

MISS" SCARLET "So, if we ever wantto find out 2 -about you know what, wecould | nn ge to UNO ‘Who?

HR. GREENsmiles.a.little. “They:eatin. silence. —

- PROFESSORPLUM So what about.‘you,Colonel 7 “y Mustard? Areyoua real Colonel?

in COLONEL MUSTARD _(diginified) a I am, ‘sir.

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“MISS ‘SCARLET You're not goingto mention the coincidence that you also dive in Washington, D-Ce a

They all look at her, then: at him. - COLONEL -MUSTARDstops eating, a ‘forkful OF. food: halfcway ‘to his” mouth .

5 ‘COLONELMUSTARD

‘Howoda you know that? Have we met ‘before, Ma’ am?

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She smiles at him. MR. GREEN is no fool. He has. made a quick deduction. | OSS

Miss Scarlet, does that mean you live there, too? . a |

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23 “CONTINUED (8):

She smiles at him. oo |

ee ss MISS SCARLET ‘Suredo... WoTtes

oe MRS. PEACOCK Does anyone here not live in Washington, D.c.?

: " PROFESSOR PLUM |

MR. GREEN ‘is“thinking.

| MR:‘GREEN Yes,“but you work forUNO. .A -government job. ‘Andtherest 0f-us all live in:a-government| town. Anyone here not earn their living from the government — one way or another? -

“they,all look at each other.

“COLONEL MUSTARD stands up.

MADEWORTE smiles.enignatically. ‘And the:DOORBELLRINGS.

: _ WADSWORTH walks down the“Hallto. the front.door. TENSE | MUSIC. ‘Heopens. the door,and‘standingthere is an - unprepossessing MAN. One might almost describe him as ugly if one were feeling Charitable. Certainly -his ‘featuresare.ordinary.enough, but there is about ‘him an cadre‘of:malevolence,‘bitterness<-- “perhaps.even evil! He alsobites his nails and picks.his >‘teeth, nose, ‘andother. orifices. He carries .a-small ‘locked suitcase.As the door:opens there is a tremendous - flashof ‘Lightning and - os CRASE -“OF THUNDER.

WADSWORTH seems; pleased ‘to see him,in.an. oad sort.of way.

“ah,Mr.“Boddy. You. are eagerly awaited. as - |

“CONTINUED:

eee MR. BODDY ~ Ifind that hard to believe. ‘This is not your place, Itake it? —

| WADSWORTH No sir. It Ls on loan.

‘He steps aside to allow MR. -BODDY to enter. He does.

MR. BODDY looks WADSWORTH upand down, with a sneer on his already’ unpleasant features.

MR. BODDY | ‘Andwhat are you:‘supposed -tO)‘be?

WADSWORTH is. closing the front,door. The wind is howling.

ee WADSWORTH | I'm supposed to be polite. Though when talking toyou, I find that the task is almost beyond me.

‘They aretalking loudly enough to be heard in the Dining

Room. |

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ALL‘SIX GUESTS are listening to. theconversation, in the | “Hall. So. isYVETTE. .

ate Hace $60)

"WADSWORTH is hanging up MR. BODDY's hat, coat and umbrella.

‘BODDY Just one. thing “a= "Wadsworth". RememberI know who you really are. And don't you forget it.

_ WADSWORTH turns to.face him.

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£ | MR. BODDY | No -- I'll leave ithere, till Ineed it.

, WADSWORTH As you wish -- it contains evidence, I presume.

‘Surprises,my friend: That's what it contains -- surprises!

He puts it under the coat rack. As hedoes so, WADSWORTH | turns back to the front door and locks it witha deadlock key.

MR. BODDY gives a little smile. Wadsworth sets off *. across the Hall to the Dining Room.»|-MReBODDE follows.

WADSWORTH © (continuing) _ Have you just arrived from Washington, ‘sir?

MR. ‘BODDY | “yes,it! s a longhaul.

| “WADSWORTH “(looking up and around) Indeed itisa long hall. But then it'sa very large.‘house.

| MR. BODDY | (unpleasantly)— You think you're quite a fellow, don't you? .

-. All theGUESTS | are eating in silence. WADSWORTH enters, followed by MR. BODDY. Everyone turnsto look atMR. BODDY ashe enters. He stops dead, slightly frightened, when he sees them all. They look athim with curiosity. It should _ be clear to us that he recognizes’ them butnone of them recognizes him.

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28 “CONTINUED :(2):

MR. ‘GREEN | (eventually) oe a got “a similar-letter...

| | MISS SCARLET ion(toPROFESSOR PLUM) “So aid we, @idn't we?

: MR. ‘BODDY. Ir also received a letter.

Meanwhile, YVETTE has been placing the main course in front | of MR. ‘BODDY..‘Hewaves it away.

| _ (continuing) | ; No thanks, Yvette, trm |not _hungry.

MR. GREEN ‘flashes a look at.:them both. Again he is quick on the uptake. CTee

‘MR.GREEN How. aia fog Seeher name? —

OMR. BODDY smiles at YVETTE, and slides Sant os Mee skirt. ‘Sheedges away, disgusted. me

‘MR. BODDY We. now,each other,-don't we dear? |

"She nods, almost

Amperceptibly.

| ‘MR. BODDY. (brusque) No. =

No ‘one is “interested.‘They shake ‘their heads. ‘Much of the main. course has beenleft uneaten. |

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-\ WADSWORTH (continuing) In that case, May I suggest that we adjourn to the Study for coffee and brandy, at which point I believe our unknown host will reveal his intentions.

‘They all rise.. The MEN stand aside to let the LADIES out first. eee | .

wapswonte 4 signals to.YVETTE to start,clearing ‘the.a table. — . ied - lenges

— 29R a Po ES oe ee ee “Int. ‘THEHALL

COLONEL MUSTARD and MISS SCARLET are conversing as . * “hey cross:the hall. coe | a ' wT a

: MISS. ‘SCARLET Well, I‘m-certainly ‘looking forwaré to meeting him. ee

We see.the ‘Study. It. is empty. The GUESTS, led by WADSWORTHcross the! Hall from‘the Dining Room, and - enter t ‘the}Study. They ‘stop.andlook around.”

a MR.GREEN | (surprised) | ‘There’ s no one here.

oaMiss SCARLET Mind if I>smoke? —

She offers. cigarettes.sevmng. TaOrnttGR EtiMttakes ene. mies iightsthem both Up. iefe AT ee SE DS a OS Toe

ete WADSWORTH| ee

°

Please help: yourselves to coffee os

,

and brandy, and be ‘Seated.-

% And he crosses to the desk, past a- blazing log fire. on. the desk there isa plain brown envelope simply addressed: "TQWADSWORTH. PLEASE OPENAFTER DINNER." He picks it up. They settle on chairs: and sofasaround: the FOOM.

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It is a comfortable room, oak paneled, chintz covered upholstered”chairs and sofa forming a contrast with the heavy leather furniture in the Library .andthe -elegance -of the Dining Room. ‘Unlikethe other rooms, which have. wooden parquet flooring, the Study has Persian rugs over a soft wall- to-wallcarpet.

Sitting in a silence as they all watch him, WADSWORTH picks up a fancy letter opener and opens the brown Manilla envelope. He withdraws a short letter. He glances at it, then looks around, replacing ‘theenvelope on the desk. .

we MR. BODDY We have all been dragged nere for nothing. Its a hoax. TI"suggest we all leave.

oe MR. BODDY

He goes out of the house.

MR. BODDY is hurrying‘towards the -front. door.WADSWORTH - appears. oo ae a (CONTINUED) Oo

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MR. ~BODDY _ -(snarling) Who!Ss. going: to. ‘Stop >me?

"WADSWORTH ‘There. is”no wayout.

MR. ~-BODDYtries«to.ee the frontdoor. It islocked. As he does so, all “the‘GUESTS©‘crush into the doorway to watch. | a a

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af ogee MR. BODDY

This is an outrage. ‘How dare you hold us prisoner:|

The OTHERS all speak at once. |

(COLONEL MUSTARD: Hear, hear. (MISS SCARLET: What is this? --( MRS. PEACOCK: I'm getting very frightened. (MR. .GRBEEN: He's right! = | (MRS. WHITE: Let us out. | (“PROFESSOR‘PLUM: “You've no right ‘to-do ‘this.

WADSWORTH quiets them down.

oo | ‘WADSWORTH | vee “Ladies.andqantianen -“ please — eee (he gets some silence) Please return to the Study and ~— all will be explained. You too, a cy Mr. Boday. | - - | fee a La ol

They turn. — Reluctantly, MR. sonDy follows. Froma * ‘P.O.V. over MR. BODDY's shoulder, we can see that os” _ hehas seen the Conservatory . eens wee,

He hurries towards.it.

But MR. BODDY takes no notice. So WADSWORTH hurries out into. the Mabl and hastens down the Hall in ‘pursuit of.

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34 ~—sOINT. ‘THE CONSERVATORY - NIGHT

Huge” green creeping vegetation covers)the room. ‘There : _ aremany potential. lurking places in here. The vain “ isbeating: down loudly on the glass roofs - oO

pe‘ower

34 CONTINUED:

a ee a ‘MR. -BODDY isrunning into theroom which, like all y _ | _--SOnservatoriss, ismostly made of glass.

He jumps .onto2a ledge at ‘the far end, and picks up a

‘flower-pot preparatory tobreaking the glass.

WADSWORTH almost runs into- theConservatory.

“You can'tget out that ‘way.

MR, BODDY© Why not? It's just glass.

ee WADSWORTH

OA vicious.sharlingDobermanPinscher leaps UP.at theside of the.Conservatory : ne

"MR. BODDY turns back from the window. os

BS OINT. ‘THESTUDY

“Everyone is ‘gitting. YVETTE, ‘who ‘Ls: waiting there, ‘sees

that they have refillsof:coffee, and starts tohand

-brandies around. Brandies are silently accepted by. COLONEL“MUSTARD,PROFESSOR PLUM,and MISS SCARLET. -“WADSWORTH“stands in front of the crackling log fire, and. - consults the. contents-Of the‘envelope which. he-openedin— SCENE 29. ae

; WADSWORTH Ladies and gentlemen, you all Rave one thing in common. You are. all beingblackmailed.

“They:allglance nezvously. ateach -other.

_ WADSWORTH (continuing). - For-some-‘considerable time all of you havebeen paying what you can afford -=-and, in some --@ases,more than you can afford «=<to someonewho threatensto - expose you. ‘And none:of you | know who's.blackmailing your ‘do.

—- aerate 28. 35 “CONTINUED: | | | : eee ae MRS.. PEACOCK oe, oe oe . 7 -(unconvincingly) @; | : Sa es —. I've never heard anything so

ridiculous, nobody could blackmail me, my life's an open book. I've never done anything wrong.

‘They all look ather.

WADSWORTH - : “Anybody else wish: to deny it?

"No one replies. ‘They arewatchful, and waiting.

“‘WADSWROTH— (continuing) ‘Very.well. -Aseveryone here | is in the same boat, there is “no harm in my revealing ‘some— : Moe details. And my instructions - | ae are to do so. | 4

He looks through some typewritten papers that were in | | Sy the brown envelope. He nods to YVETTE to leave the room. They watch her go. The door closes ‘behind her.

| | “WADSWORTH eee 4 I'msorry. Professor Plum -- omen ners you were.once a Professor of Psychiatry ‘specializing ain helping paranoid and homicidal ‘lunaticssuffering from | Selusions of grandeur.

OES . - PROFESSOR PLUM Yes, ‘but. nowI work at.‘the: a ‘United:Nations. ms

a ‘WADSWORTH So your work -‘has notchanged. ‘Butyoudon'tpractice medicine | at the UN. His license to > practicehas. been‘lifted. RORR CCE? . oe .

MISS”SCARLETis)very,interestedin thisrevelation. —

ee ee eee gee Mtss SCARLET oe JOOS EI a nee Oe Why? ‘What. did |he do?

“CONTINUED (2):

aw” : WADSWORTH

Youknow what doctors aren't allowed :todo with their lady patients? Pare

“Yes? : ey

: _ WADSWORTH Well:«- he did. 2

MISS”‘SCARLET looks at.him with a smile, “MRS. ‘PEACOCK © with||disgust. : | | |

MRS. _PEACOCK >oe How disgusting!

WADSWORTH turns ‘to MRS. PEACOCK.

| WADSWORTH Are ‘you: poking moral judgements, Mrs. :Peacock? -How ‘then-do-you justify taking ‘bribes inreturn for delivering your husband _ Senator Peacock's vote to certain ©

Not if it's publicly‘declared. But if the payment is delivered by slipping used greenbacks in plain envelopes‘under. the door of the how wouldyou. describe omen! s room, ‘that transaction?

| MISS SCARLET ar say it.stank! |

Oe MRS. ‘PEACOCK (scathing)© “Howwould you know, you've never wee _ been in that mens ‘Foom.:

rs PROFESSOR PLM so itt strue.

es MRS. PEACOCK oo No, it’ sa vicious lie.

35 ‘CONTINUED (3): ; A ‘COLONEL :‘MUSTARD ‘Ls. Listening with |pleasure. stens Yongoe i:F4‘ee oes WADSWORTH

- (smoothly) I'm‘sure we are all:glad +£0 hear that. But you've been paying blackmail forover a | year now, to keep this “story out of thepapers...

: MRS. WHITE | I'mwilling ‘to believeyou. I'm also being blackmailed for | something I -didn't«do.

oo MR. GREEN

es eee“covowes ustanD

2 | MIss. SCARLET ie | (eneeoenntes But not. me!

WADSWORTH is surprised.

| ‘WADSWORTH “You're:not being blackmailed?

ee —. MISS ‘SCARLET “ Oh I'm being ‘blackmailed all . right. ‘But Idid -what I'm being blackmailed for.

| They all ‘Look at her,stunned by this openadmission of. guilt. a Dee, |

wos oo | PROFESSOR PLUM | What aia “youdo? it.

oe MISS” SCARLET Well, £0 >beperfectly frank, I -run.a “specialized"hotel <- and a telephone service which provides gentlemen with the company ofa. -young- ladyfora short while.

PROFESSOR PLUM takes out a notepad §and pencil. He is interested. 7 on

_ pROFESSOR PLUM - Oh yeah? What!‘$s the-‘phone number? _

O Se

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35 CONTINUED (4):

CN MRS. PEACOCK is” appalled. Ness 7 a MRS. PEACOCK | a Men!!

She |stares .at PROFESSOR PLUM, disgust writtenfall over her face. But ‘MR.GREEN is thinking.

He stands - and walks ‘over |to thewindow.

COLONEL MUSTARD turns on MISS SCARLET. ‘The dialogue is going very fast. | : | oo

COLONEL | MUSTARD Tell ‘them it'snot.‘true.

Na 7 Teg not true.

-PROFESSOR PLUM Is: thattrue? | MISS SCARLET | cord No, that'snot true. eed | |

a “WADSWORTH A double negative! |

‘COLONEL MUSTARD (horrified) | A double negative? You mean you have «= Photographs?

MISS. SCARLET nods.

; “WADSWORTH That sounds‘like .a‘confession to me. In fact, the double | negative has led to proof positive.

( 4 Oe et Ee Ee (toCOLONEL MUSTARD) aeae ;wf! ee / | I'm afraid you gave yoursel£ | ; CET _ _ away, sire ; |

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35 CONTINUED (5);

Are you trying to makeme look Stupid in front of the other guests? |

_ PROFESSOR PLUM ‘puts.his.hand on her.knee.“She removes it. Reluctantly, he moves away. WADSWORTH refers to his notes, the ones which came cout of the brownenve=. lope,. whichare still in his hand.

— | WADSWORTH 7 | ae oe | | . But he holds a sensitive security 7 | -post in-thePentagon. And Colonel, |

you drive a very -expensivecar for someone who lives on a Colonel" s ‘pay.

wn — gnONER MUSTARD — oy ) : | So -I-don't. -I-came into money. ~ Duringthe | | | : war. When T lost my parents.

| . WADSWORTH You lost them? Did you report the loss to the police?

Cc COLONEL MUSTARD L oe | No, dying is perfectly legal. So Be os a | | a | ‘WADSWORTH - | | Sometimes, yes. Mrs. White, you:‘have oe : been paying our friend the. blackmailer every Since your husband died ...shall we say ... mysterious circumstances.

MISS SCARLET laughs. MRS. WHITE»turns.~£0 her.

MRS. WHITE ~ a me | | What'sso )funny? Ce

ES “MISS SCARLET

Cy or on Als‘back: th. Aissoffin:

RS, WHITE Cc 7 ne Ididn! t kill him. 7 a a ae

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- COLONEL MUSTARD shen whyare youpaying the blackmailer? — |

‘WADSWORTH © I think she meant that hehad threatened, in ‘public, tokill her.

MISS SCARLET | : And was that his.final word on _ thematter?

MRS. WHITE remains silent. Andtimpassive. MISS SCARLET is. curious.

,‘MISS ‘SCARLET : What did ‘he do aor:a2 Living?

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| MRS. WHITE | He was a>scientist.-- Nuclear: physics. ae |

7 MRS. WHITE He was always a stupidly. | optimistic man. I'm afraid — it‘came as iagreat ‘shock‘to -him-when he died. ‘He was | | found-dead -at‘home. ‘His head PAL, had beencut.off. "So had his... “you know. | COLT es

‘She can't say in, but ahe gestures vaguely in the direction of her groin. The MEN look at her in horror, and their hands go dnatiactively to cover their balls.

MISS “SCARLET | (irreverently) “What was ‘showing?

- : MRS. WHITE | It's a matterof life. after death. | He’ s dead -- “nowT have. alife. ieee re

WADSWORTH» But hewas your:‘second.‘husband. - Your first SS Biileeren

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“MRS..WHITE That was his job - he was -an illusionist.

| WADSWORTH But he never reappeared.

cat MRS. WHITE : : ot He: wasn 'ta very: good illusionist. wee

MRS. GREEN‘coughs -discreetly. Everyone dooks at him He stands up, licks his lips)nervously. He is trying | to find ‘he sonzese’‘to. ieee “openly. |

Um ees I“have ‘something to say. I'm not. going to waitfor Wadsworth

OMRS. ‘PEACOCK tut-tuts.

“There is. silence for a moment.

ee PROFESSOR PLUM. | . Well --_— that just leaves.Me. Boddy.

a eyes:turn‘to MR. BODDY. He says,nothing, oo

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35 ‘CONTINUED (7):

- “MISS SCARLET What's. your little secret?

“WADSWORTH ~ His secret? Oh, I thought you'd all realized. He's the one who's ‘blackmailingyou all.

_ ‘There is a flash of lightning and a CLAP OF THUNDER. This information comes as a bombshell to all of Shem.

COLONEL MUSTARD stands ‘Up again.

} we - COLONEL MUSTARD You ‘bastard!— - .

He moves. menacinglytowards.MR. -BODDY. MR. ‘BODDY. stands “up too. |‘WADSWORTH intervenes’ between‘them. |

: _ WADSWORTH ‘Colonel -- ‘please!Don' t do anything rough.

COLONEL MUSTARD» ‘Put ‘em ‘up. .

He puts hisfists up, for an old-fashioned fi ht. MR. -.BODDY responds -‘bystampingabruptly on COLONE MUSTARD's— footand, as COLONELMUSTARDbends forwardinpain to

clutch his -foot,MR. -BODDY neatlypokes‘him. in-the.eyes

-with two fingers simultaneously (like aThree Stooges

routine). As COLONEL MUSTARDyells and collapses, MR.

- BODDY throws himself uponhim and continues to beat him ap. MR. GREEN and PROFESSOR PLUM rush to COLONEL _ MUSTARD's rescue, hauling MR. BODDY up off the straggling COLONEL. MR. BODDYis ‘struggling and fighting them off too -- heis very strong. MRS. WHITE, MISS” SCARLETand _MRS. PEACOCKare’ watching. As MR. BODDY ishauled to - his feetMRS. WHITE steps calmly forward and knees him dn- the:-balls. ‘AsMR. BODDY -‘collapses.in a-heap the. _ other.WOMEN clap and-cheer,then runto start.‘kicking him. WADSWORTH shouts above thebrawl.

| 7 WADSWORTH | Wait! Wait!) The police are coming! we

The fight stops abruptly.

Thepolice? JfYou must be.-crazy!” How can we tellthe police? / _ I'd be ruined! ./It'd bethe end ofmy career! / Let's get out of here! (and so ‘forth, - alltogether)-

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ar They have surroundedWADSWORTH, vehemently remonstrating ee eee with him. | |

ae “WADSWORTH “LISTEN! Blackmail depends on secrecy. You have all admitted how he's been able to blackmail ‘you.All you have to do is . tell the police, then he will be convicted, and your trouble will. beover.

The GUESTS are all horrified.

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‘CONTINUED“(9) =

-YVETTE is standingbeside anold-fashioned .reel-to-reel ‘tape recorder,monitoring the’ recordingof the

Conversation taking place in the Study. The tape recorder is placed in a ‘cupboard,thedoors of. which oo

_are open. | “They are all speaking more or less together.

‘(COLONELMUSTARD: I'll deny everything. (MRS. WHITE: | I've admitted.nothing. (MRS. PEACOCK: = Nor have I.

“makes: himselfheard ‘above the hub=bub.

‘WADSWORTH : Ladies and gentlemen o“- the | -.policehave already been‘invited... hey will be ‘here in forty-five -:-Minutes. Tell them thetruth — and Mr. Boddy will be behind bars. |

Theyall stareat him inpanic. Then MR. BODDY walks

to the.MOOEs. - a | a ae

oo “WADSWORTH” | _(eontinning) “Whereare you going this ‘time?

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MR. BODDY | I ‘think Iocanhelp them make. up their minds. May I just get my little ‘bagfrom the Hall?

‘WADSWORTHis puzzled. ‘Andworried. |

MR. BODDY emerges from the Study and crosses the Hall. ‘He. pickshis caseup and returns to ‘theStudy. HIGH SHOT.—

‘MR.BODDY re-enters, leaving the dooropen. He places his’ attache case -on ‘thedesk,-‘turnstoface his victims. .

can anybody. guess what" Ss. in here?

They look at eachother, nenplussed.

: MRS. WHITE , Theevidence against: us, no.‘doubt.

MR. BODDY.smiles, shakes his head and.opens the case.

In the case are six giftwrapped parcels. He bands one.

to.each of ‘Ais SIX. GUESTS.

| ‘MISSSCARLET ‘We.didn’t ‘know weweremeeting you tonight. Did you.‘now you | weremeeting us?

| - MR. BODDY Lae

- | MRS. WHITE - What|were youtold Precisely?

COB acs BODDY ~ Merely that. sou“were.‘fall meeting to. discuss -ourlittle... ‘financial arrangements. And thatif I did not. appear, Wadsworth would be informing ‘the police about it all. Naturally | I could hardly resist:Putting in oan appearance. — pie

“They are all staring at the: smug, complacent,loathsome _figure «ofMR. BODDY. ~

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39 CONTINUED: |

“MR. BODDY (continuing) Openthem. | .

‘They :sockat the presents in their hands. ‘MR. “BODDY

pours himself a brandyfrom ‘thedecanter, sniffs the bouquet, and ‘sips it. | |

‘MISS SCARLET shrugs.

| MISS SCARLET Why not? I enjoy getting presents from strange Men's’.

She carefully ‘removes the ribbon, ‘the -wrapping paper

‘andcomes ‘to--.a-cardboard‘box. ‘Slowly‘shelifts the

lid. Puzzled, ‘she lifts -out.a‘heavybrass candlestick.

oo She looks at MR. BODDY.

MISS SCARLET | | (continuing) A candlestick? ‘What’ s ‘this for?

MR. ‘BODDYlooks around ‘the-group.

MR. BODDY | “Nobody else going to open up? - Go on, | pretendit'sChristmas. |

ors. WHITE‘opens her present, and»‘finds a rope. ‘Then ‘COLONEL .‘MUSTARD,whogetsa. wrench. MR. GREEN gets.a - lead pipe. MRS. PEACOCK.gets a dagger, andPROFESSOR PLUM opens his present. | It: containsa revolver.

They look -at their gifts:at first inconfusion and, as

‘the.revolverBPPears, in horror. |

eos “{eontinaing) ae i Seg your hands you.each.have»a lethal weapon. If you:denounce me to the police, you will also be exposed and humiliated... I'll seeto thatin-court.

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39° “CONTINUED (2):

He-is walking around the room, coming face to facewith | reach of‘them in turn.as he speaks. | pote

MR. ‘BODDY

But, if oneof you kills Wadsworth now, no one ‘but. the. sevenof us| will ever know.

|"WADSWORTH reacts, appalled, as the.others eye’‘him: “speculatively, weapons at the ready.

ca (continuing) 7 He has”the key to the front. _door, which he told me would “ony beopened « over nis: dead

MR. ‘BODDY is now face to. face with WADSWORTH. —

| MR.‘BODDY (eontinuing) Irsuggest we take him up on that offer. .

He ‘crosses‘tothe door ‘ofthe‘Study, and turns»‘to. _ face.‘themall. we Fae | wees

MR.‘BODDY - (continuing) ‘Theonly way to avoid finding . yourselveson the front pages is. for one of ‘you |‘to kill Wadsworth. Now. ps

ae standing right beside the.doortothe: stuay,he: Se switches off the lights. —

‘The room, and the SCREEN, are .y plunged:into BLACKNESS. - Thuds. -Gasps. ‘Screams. A gun-shot. A soundof _shattering glass or china. Scuffles. Groans. The — lights are switched on - and MR.‘BODDY LIES.on the ; Bloor. Prone. ‘Face‘down. | ~ are oS

- ‘Everyone.else is standing where:theywere standing:when ne the lights went out. CAMERA has HIGH POV, directly above the centre of. the‘room, looking down. |

They all stare at MR. BODDY, thenrush towards him. -

| ee MRS.WHITE Is he alive? a

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39 “CONTINUED °(:3)::

eit PROFESSOR ‘PLUM

‘.hemes’vA al iet me see!.

They move back. PROFESSORPLUM gives.‘him a hasty

examination. Then he— looksup.

“There is stunned silence.

PROFESSOR PLUM ‘stands ‘UB. surprised.

ae | PROFESSORPLUM s—i(itsti‘—s Idid. SEE eee

The gun is Row-on the floor, nearby. | : 7 Ss on

eee PROFESSOR PUM “2 dante! 3 eee i

MRS. "PEACOCK “Well, ‘you:had:‘thegun. TE you didn't, who.aid? ee

a | PROFESSOR PLUM” Nobody! Look, there'sno ‘gURSROEwounds)

-BROFESSOR PLUM.turns MR. ‘BODDY .over. TheyallLook at “his front. —‘He'sFight -—:there’

‘Ss.nobulletwound.

aa PROFESSOR PLUM | -- (continuing) © -: ‘Somebody ‘tried to grab thegun in the dark. ‘And the gan went| off. | ee (he ‘looks -around) | “LOok., +thebullet:brokethat vase on the: mantels 06 .

| COLONELMUSTARD crosses‘over“tohave a“Look.

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‘COLONEL |‘MUSTARD | ‘He's.‘right.And there's a bullet lodged in the panelling. Here! ‘See?.

fey att cross to nave a took at 48

They all stare accusingly at PROFESSOR PLUM.

PROFESSOR‘PLUM (angrily) ee : I. don'tknow. I'm-not a forensic expert.

MRS. “WHITE comments in her soft-spoken way:

But one of: us must have killed him.

This quiet observation.produces a fearful. silence. They all look at each other.nervously, aware that.a murderer is .presentamongst ‘them. .

“MRS. PEACOCK ‘I need ae‘arink.

She puts down the dagger .and picks up the ‘brandy goblet oo that MR. BODDY.placedon the tablenear the door just ‘before the lights went out. She raises it to her lips, and ‘Sips a iittle. : | an

Maybe he was” poisoned! |

a MRS. “PEACOCKscreams,and. drops |theglass. ‘She continues ae - screaming, ‘hysterically. After some moments of continued screaming, MRR.GREEN. slapsher face.

This stops her, abruptly.

They all look at him. More violence! Is he the murderer?

‘MR. GREEN (defensively) I had toStop her‘Screaming.

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| COLONEL MUSTARD Was-the brandy)poisoned?

they all = except for MRS. PEACOCK who is half-sitting ae half-lying on the sofa - hurry over to look at the brandy goblet. But it lies broken on the. floor. .

oo -MISS SCARLET Looks like we'll never know.

‘Unless ‘she ates ‘OO. -

They allhurry overto ‘the sofa and. stare.atMRS. PEACOCK, 2 ‘Sheseems all right.

"From another room comes aTERRIBLE SCREAMING SCOUND. * They all freeze,and stare at each ot er in. terror. Then, — at once, MR. ‘GREEN starts es too.

eae ‘GREEN ee

a COLONEL MUSTARD STOP SCREAMING, SIRs”

The.‘screaming ‘from.theother roomisstill continuing too. :COLONEL MUSTARDgrabs MR. (GREEN:byhis: lapels, |‘then slaps his face.

| ‘COLomEL MUSTARD ees - (continuing) ay ARE You SCREAMING? |

Q Ses GREEN . “BECAUSEI'M PRIGHTENED!

eee ae COLONEL MUSTARD ‘WHAT OF? fs |

ee, MR. GREEN a SCREAMING. THERE'S SOMEBODY — SCREAMING NEXT DOOR! —

And >indeed somebody is still screaming next ‘cor. ‘They all rush- out. ‘together and into. the:Malle

| (CONTINUED)

i .eaea. ‘The GROUP rushes into the Hall. The screaming seems ‘to be coming from the Billiard :.Room.It is -still ‘continuing. COLONEL MUSTARD tries the handle. The door is locked. He KNOCKS on the DOOR. He rattles thehandle, then POUNDS on the DOOR again.

| | COLONEL MUSTARD Open the door:

‘PROFESSOR PLUM It must be the murderer.

MRS. WHITE | He must have a victim in 7 there. Oh. myGod, Yvette? :

| MR. «GREEN . Oh my God!!

They bang on the door again. The. SCREAMING ©stops.

At this moment YVETTE opens the door.

‘Theyrush in.

There is.silence, -‘apart from a faint shythmic CLICKING _ SOUND. |

I WADSWORTH

‘You're alive!

_ YVETTE -No thanks toYou.

She is ‘furious.

| _.. WADSWORTH What do you mean?

| i YVETTE | at ~eel You lock me up with a murderer.

-(CONPINUED)

& CY 42 CONTINUED:

MRS. WHITE res Sothe murderer as in this room.

meee YVETTE. Yestt a |

Where?

He looks -desperately at PROFESSOR PLUM who is oe

oon eS We!re.all looking at:chim.o

“They all look around desperately.

oa YVETTE

rner 7 | me (continuing) | pe eS eee | Or her. It's what Mrs. White

- gaid in the Study: Ofie.of‘you as ‘thekiller. |

: “PROFESSOR ‘PLUM How do you know she said that?

eee osShe indicatesthetape -recorder,‘the reels still turning,

CLICKING ‘SOUND. | |

I was listening.

ne | aaa S Becauee 7 tmm frightened! Me too. Ea es TI also drank the Cognac. Mon Dieu.

: “(shestarts to weep) | rTcan" e stay.inehere’‘by myself.

ne . MissSCARLET oo Then <come‘back to“the|Studywith us. .

aeaeremes)

Ao

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YVETTE © | Cee with a@ murderer: | | EE a

lea wee WADSWORTH switches off the tape recorder.

a Serenata

iycz Seep

And they return to. the study. MR. BODDY is still lying there onthe-floor. MRS. PEACOCKsits on the sofa

again. They stare atthe scene. /

| . MR. GREEN ‘Isthere Be indication ofhow he. died?

“PROFESSOR PLUM

ANGLE ON WADSWORTH.

WADSWORTH | This is terrible. This is | - vabsolutely terrible. This is | ‘Rotwhat 7 -antended. OH MY GOD! . ee .

He crosses to a chair and sits. MRS. WHITE realizes the

full impact ofhis remarks. | |

| MRS. WHITE ‘Notwhat.youuintended?

Then they all stareat him. WADSWORTH mops his brow.

“So you're not ‘theButler?

WADSWORTH > I'm not the butler. But I am a cbutlerv In fact,.1.was.his butler.

_And WADSWORTH points to thebody ofMR. BODDY.

| aceon PROFESSOR ‘PLUM So af he told youto invite us all to his house, why.did he arrive late? .

<SaRDSWORTH Confesses...

"WADSWORTH I invited.you. In fact, I wrote the.letters. It was all my idea. | PO |_(MORE)

8S

Now WADSWORTH is building. himself.up into an‘emotional state, a.Panne AGeAcr: “MRS.WHITE crosses to WADSWORTH.

Wait a minute! I don't: understand. Why did you invite us all here> to meet your late employer? ‘Were you: assisting him to blackmail ‘us?

oo WADSWORTH Certainly.not! a :

| “MRS. ‘WHITE : | . (firmly), : | a think you'd:better explain. |

‘WADSWORTH | Please sit down. Everyone.

| They all take a seat. ‘Unfortunately there are only -geven possible places to sit. MR. GREEN gets totwo -or three-of them.a moment too late. Finally,as there is nowhere for him to-sit, he percheson the edge.Of a table. He settles, himself comfortably ‘tolisten. —

"WADSWORTH - (continuing) | ‘Right. When Tee

‘MR. ‘GREEN'$s table:collapses.and:with it go ‘the.eane. bottle of liquor and glasses that were on it. MR.GREEN, . very embarrassed, picks himself:Up.

MISS_ SCARLET He's a little jerk:

MISS.SCARLET lights up another of her ever-present cs @igarettes.—

ee “(comrawczn} |

-CONTINUED:

COLONEL ‘MUSTARD When did it come to an end?

He is speaking wihtout irony."WADSWORTH isrr. very sincere fellow who always tries to understand.

-PROFESSOR PLUM | Andwhatwas: your role in allthis? | -

‘WADSWORTH ~ Iwas a victim, too. At least my — wife was, ee

AT

| “42 “CONTINUED“(3).: | .

( ‘WADSWORTH,now ‘tearful,wipes his eye with ‘the‘back of nee, his hand. MRS. WHITE offers him her handkerchief.

WADSWORTH | (continuing) well, we all make mistakes. But _ Mr.Boddy threatened to give my wife's name to theHouse - “Un-AmericanActivities Committee unless she named them. She refused -- and so he blackmailed her. We ‘hadno money -- and the price of his silence was that we worked for :himfor nothing. ‘We were slaves. Well, -to-make-a long story short...

(toMRS . PEACOCK) _ Too late.

: WADSWORTH | The suicide of my wife preyed on my mind and created-a sense -of‘injustice inme, andI

| | oe, | resolved to put Mr. Boddy béhind pa | ; oe bars. It seemed to me thatthe ae | best wayto do it <= .andto free .

all of you from the same “burden

‘faceto face, ‘confrontMr. “Boddy— with his crimes, extract a confession and then turn him over to ‘the-‘police. .

- ‘PROFESSOR PLUM stands, and looks at the OTHERS, relieved oreanee that he.understands what has been going on. |

WE Ee PROFESSOR‘PLUM ‘SO Everything»is explained. —

MRS. PEACOCK nodssvigorously. “MISS “SCARLETshakesher : head. |

| : MISS SCARLET | ,Nothing’s explained. We don't know who did: it. 7

oS ee ie aes WADSWORTH joe Se Phe point is, we mustfind out ET BES oe within the next forty minutes --

before ‘the.Police arrive.—

ee

Cy 2 oe - 2 ae

- Ee

| 4a.

: 42 ‘CONTINUED

|(4): | 7

an ae MRS. PEACOCK leaps”

to her feet.

— | |

| OoMRS. PEACOCK “Thepolice? Coming here? Oh my God! The scandal. I'm.a Senator's wife. I'll be ruined.

- ‘MR.‘GREEN But... how.can we possibly find out which of you did it?

‘Theyall ‘stare. at him.

PROFESSOR ‘PLUM- What .doyou.mean << Which of you |did it?

| | MR. GREEN —

WE FEPome3 well, zr didn!t do itt. oa - ar© wuumuuarcunnenanv asasuanatm _ WADSWORTH

ee a ee oe ea

canaanaaaan,eran ty One of us did. We all had the | ae a EO Fem “Opportunity. We -allhad a motive.

| | MISS ©SCARLET NER | ood vee - we"ul all go to the chair. |

ve They all gaze ateach other in further horror. Then | . _ PROFESSOR |‘PLUM.gets.an idea.ee ee |

| ito: aa | PROFESSOR,PLUM. | ae _ Maybe it wasn!a3 oneof ust

“COLONEL :MUSTARD _Who else could it have_been?

[RL eeA ep PROFESSOR PLUM ee eee i “Who.else is in the house?

hee _WADSWORTH/YVETTE. | s (togettier)” ‘Onlythe cook. peneS

THE COOK! : |

And as a SROUP, en.masse,they rush‘out.of the. Study.

aie oes HALL

_ EVERYBODY rushes across”the Hall to. the Kitchen.

we AA CINT. THE KITCHEN 2

It is a large old-fashioned Kitchen, with a range, an oven, an old porcelain ‘sink. Flagstones. And no COOK. The room is-empty. ‘TheGUESTS, .and YVETTE, “rush in. They stop. ‘They ‘look around. |

MR. GREEN ; “she!s not. here. :

And beside him, a cupboard door groans and opens. ‘The ‘COOK falls face first out-of the.cupboard. Dead. She has.a knife in her back. The dagger. |

MISS SCARLET screams.

‘The COOK is in MR. GREEN's arms. He just stands aghast, ee pee mel oes | a ve

: MR. ‘GREEN

r didn"‘%'do.‘itt

‘ weBoyesae all stare cathim. a | They Pai

‘MR.GREEN , (continuing) | Well, help me, somebody.

MRS. WHITE, COLONELMUSTARD anaMISS SCARLET hurry forward, and help MR. GREEN lowerthe body of the 3 ‘COOK to the floor. MRS. WHITE reaches ‘for the knife. —

| “COLONEL MUSTARD Don't touch atl

: ms. WHITE stops fuse in:teen) 2

‘COLONEL MUSTARD || (continuing) = it’‘s eae

| i WADSWORTH > - Not for us. We.have to. find» out whe did this -- and we | - can' = take fingerprints.”

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sent”

COLONEL — MUSTARD Stands up and stares grimly at ‘WADSWORTH.

I think you'd better explain yourself, Wadsworth. |

| MR. GREEN ‘Who wouldwant to kill ‘the ‘Cook?

COLONEL MUSTARD eyes her menacingly. He is not amused. :

so MTSS SCARLET If this was dessert, I'm giad wo‘saidmo.

COLONEL MUSTARD can contain‘himself no, longer. He turns on MISS.SCARLET. | .

| | COLONEL MUSTARD - How:ean you make dekes ata... a like this?

eae MISS.SCARLET

:“Tehs aydefense mechanism,

peeeS COLONELMUSTARD ©

pees | oe | Some defense! If I werethe SONNEAeEEBE ae a a kaller tid kill you |next.

MRS, WHITE and MRS. GREENboth stare at ‘him and: * aethen stowly back away, terrified. oe | coe eatin

COLONEL |‘MUSTARD (continuing). ae: oe: Ir said "af," "re." That' sall. (more) — | a,

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‘COLONEL MUSTARD (cont'd) | After all, there'sonly-one admitted killer here, and that's” not me. It's her. Para

‘COLONEL MUSTARD i How | - Many ‘husbandshave you ‘had? —

MRS, WHITE Five. |

| <OLCRE: WORTMD “Five?

mrs. WHITE ‘Yes, just” the five. ‘Husbands ‘should be likeKleenex - ‘strong, soft, and disposable.

| COLONEL MUSTARD so.you don't believe in marriage?

MRS. WHITE | eee | Ircertainly do. Perhaps it! s because a: was educated in a convent, but I'n | | in thehabit. ae AO es

‘COLONEL MUSTARD You lure men to their deathLike a spider with flies.

aed MRS. WHITE | You're right. Flies are where men are most vulnerable. |

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CONTINUED (3) ,

| COLONEL MUSTARD (cont'd) “(veryuncomfortable) — Well, if it wasn't you, who was TORS tel it? ‘Whohad the dagger? It | | _was you, wasn't it, Mrs. Peacock?

They all turn to look at her, standing in the doorway, next. to PROFESSOR PLUM, her eyes averted from the dead body. She is suddenly ‘frightened. She licks her lips anxiously. | | :

ae MRS. PEACOCK Yes. But zr‘put it:owns:

ee -PROFESSOR PLUM

: MRS. "PEACOCK In the ‘Study. a

| ‘pceoeesce Gums When? a | |

: MRS.. "PEACOCK. | I don't know. Before I. fainted, after I fainted, ‘who knows? ‘But. any:‘ofyou:could have picked it

- Look _ zt suggest that we move.the _Ceek = body-into ‘theSeay: 7

: Pos oe "COLONEL ‘MOSTARD

| WADSWORTH © | (irritated) «© — oe I like,to keep‘the Kitchen tiay! H

en | COLONEL MUSTARD | Got ath .

WADSWORTH steps forwardto. thebody. |PROFESSOR | PLUM, -- COLONEL MUSTARD andMR. GREEN‘help. The COOK was a big hefty lady, but somehow they lift herup and cart her out of theKitchen, PROFESSOR PLUM and WADSWORTH

taking a deg each;| a |

4S” ‘INT.“THESTUDY

PROFESSOR PLUM, COLONEL MUSTARD, MR. GREEN and WADSWORTH ne Stagger into the Study. We see a WIDE or HIGH VIEW of “the room. ‘Te. isempty. “Thesame HIGH ‘POV. .

Where MR. -BODDY'Ss corpse was, there is nothing. PROFESSOR PLUM realizes it first.

: ‘PROFESSOR:PLUM “Leek!

COLONEL, MUSTARD, MR. ‘GREEN.and WADSWORTHreact ‘in fear.

- ALL THREE | What???

PROFESSOR PLUM | The:“body!‘Ss.gone.”

PROFESSOR PLUMhas” | already ‘letgo of ‘the.‘COOR''sright arm.

‘Now, aghast, WADSWORTH lets go.of the COOK's left arm. The COOK's top-end immediately drops and“her head hits the floor with.a terrible thud. None ofthe lifters notice this. They are staring, frightened, at the place

- -enter,—but she can't get into the room because the FOUR. “MEN -and the COOK"‘Ss.‘corpse|aremore or less blocking -the

: ‘MRS. ‘PEACOCK “What are youall staring at?

ee GREEN “Nothing. | in | |

Sis Rs. PEACOCK So Well -who! s.‘there?—

a COLONEL MUSTARD Nobody

| ors. ‘PEACOCK What dooyou:‘mean? oe

| . WADSWORTH © cs | (panic-stricken) | oa "Nobody. ‘Nobody. ‘That’s what we mean. .“Mr.Boddy"sbody. It's: gone.

(CONTINUED)—

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“45 CONTINUED:

Meanwhile MISS SCARLET, MRS. WHITE and YVETTE are crowding into the doorway.

MRS. WHITE _ Maybe he wasn't dead.

| MRS. PEACOCK | How? ‘Bycutting-his:‘head-off, I suppose? ;

MRS. WHITE turns on MRS. PEACOCK..

| ‘MRS. WHITE

That wasn't called for.

- _ .. WADSWORTH We'd better look for him.

MR. GREEN and ‘COLONELMUSTARD let go:of herlegs, .and -both feet thud to the floor. ‘Tentatively,perhaps with ‘EERIE MUSIC, ‘they allsearch the Study -- opening cupboards, under sofas, under the desk. But there's no ‘sign-of the body. -Pinally, they all|Stop and stare at each other, completely bemused.

He couldn't have‘been dead.

PROFESSOR PLUMis utterly mystified.

| -PROFESSOR PLUM He was! At least, I thought -he was. But... what difference does it make now?

(to MRS. WHITE) | oo Maybe there is life after death. a : _*

MRS. WHITE| . = Life after death is as unlikely * as sex-after marriage. _ . Oe WADSWORTH - Well, we've got to find out. The police will be:here in. evece (MORE) - (eowerwuED)

45 CONTINUED (2): | ee |

(yO WORTH (CONT'D) ietse 7 (looks at

his watch) | eeeThirty-five minutes, and we | have ‘another corpse on our hands.

MR. GREEN has an inspiration. |

Maybe he killed the Cook. |

| MRS. -PEACOCK/MISS SCARLET _

| WADSWORTH | How? rte woes

| A silence. They can't work it out.

er ee, oe MRS. PEACOCK | | ind | eae (legs slightly | | we

i: vie ns Well, if:you'll excuse ‘me, orhave.

ye tO... CF... tO...Or... is there — *

aa a ladies’ room in the hall? aetiake

VF S | YVETTE | eee! | -Oui oui,madame. | 2S *

: | MRS. PEACOCK | . | No, I just want to ‘powder my nose. | *

be MRS. PEACOCK hurries out. Meanwhile MISS SCARLET ' has picked up the envelope that WADSWORTH‘had opened | earlier, and produced.some Photographic negatives. :

| | } | : oe “Miss” SCARLET Le

What! s this, Wadsworth?

: ous | WADSWORTH stepsforward to reclaim them.

: | | | | WADSWORTH |

I'm afraid those are thenegatives - .to which:‘Colonel Mustard earlier| referred. oe woe

EES ‘COLONEL MUSTARD

C3 Toe oS He also steps in.

- (CONTINUED)

ace

45 CONTINUED (3):

So oe | | | Were y uv plaaning. to blackmail

him, aisworth?

“WADSWORTH is appalled at the idea.

7 WADSWORTH | Certainly.not. I had obtained them for the Colonel and I was going to give them back when Mr. Boddy was unmasked.

‘MISSSCARLET looks at the negatives.

Hmm. Very pretty... | (shescrutinizes them) Would you like to see these, | Yvette, they might shock you. -

| . MISS SCARLET Oe And how do you know what sort

‘sucha lady?

PROFESSOR ‘PLUM. What sort. of pictures are-‘they?

COLONEL MUSTARD steps in to MISS SCARLET.

COLONEL‘MUSTARD How dare you, ‘Madan.Give them | to me at once! cee |

a MISS SCARLET oS | No o- I thinkthere's something

They struggle over the negatives.

PROFESSOR: PLUM Let me-see. ;

He grabs them. MRS. WHITE,“MISS SCARLET and MR. GREEN : - Look over his shoulder.

eeee ee : Nobody can get into. that position.

45. CONTINUED (4)-:

-PROFESSOR PLUM sure they.can, I' il show you.

“He swings.her around and .down onto the sofa and is about

‘to climb on.top Ofher. |

Get off me!!! |

“46 INT. (THE HALL -

Meanwhile, MRS. PEACOCK‘has “found.the door of the

'open. She tugs again, the door opens -- and the body Of MR. BODDY falls out. She screams. Blood is dripping from his head. He falls against her. She screams and —

screams. ES fe ee SATS —

47 SINT.‘THE ‘STUDY

All the OTHERS hear ‘thescreaming.

It's Mrs. Peacock!

He rushes out into‘the Hall. ‘The OTHERS follow, |

WADSWORTH grabbing the negatives from MISS SCARLET as

che goes, and dumping them on the table.

‘INT. THE ‘HALL

oMRS. “PEACOCK is.‘fightingoff.MR. BODDY, who.is.falling all-over her. TheOTHERS run towards.her. There is —

‘blood all.over:“her‘face. Ie

- PROFESSOR PLUM Tt" sMr, Boddy.

| WADSWORTH and MR. GREEN pullhim ‘off her. and they

realize that he now has visible injuries. His head has been bashed. Bicod is everywhere. pg Seas

a MRS. WHITE Noy he's not. He's dead.

_ (CONTINUED)

48 ‘CONTINUED:

They lay him down.

"WADSWORTH Mr.“Boddy? Dead? AGAIN?

|" WADSWORTH and PROFESSOR PLUM see her.

“WADSWORTH She’ $ going to faint.

a PROFESSOR PLUM Catch her. — :

_ WADSWORTH . | 7 reg catch you. Fall into my arms.

‘to-catch her. She faints straight:‘through| them and ‘ends up on ‘tthefloor ina ‘heap. :

vo WADSWORTH a (continuing) | Sorry.

MR. GREEN looks at his: bloadied hands. ‘So do all ‘the- OTHERS -

"ANGLE ONMRS. WHITE

os | MRS. WHITE : You!ve got‘bloodon your hands.

ie oe Re GREEN I didn'tSo" dtii: a

WADSWORTH _ . ‘He's got new injuries. He's ‘certainly dead now. Why would anyone” want to kill him ‘twice? ao

‘He goes ‘into. the toilet, to look for clues. |

| MISS.SCARLET | Tt seems SO see "annecessazy..

pero . Pes COLONEL ‘MUSTARD oo ee oe ene (reasonably) vel eee Tes.what we call overkill.

oe See ‘PROFESSOR PLUM |

It's whatwe. call psychotic. (CONTINUED) >

CONTINUED (2):

erenened

, WADSWORTH : - That!s what we're trying to find out. We are trying to | _ find out who killedre and ‘where, and wwith«what

7 : ‘PROFESSORPLUM ‘There!'$“no.needto.shout!

He ‘stops shouting and, purplein ‘the. faces glares at nee ‘them defiantly. And the‘heavy brass candlestick wobbles and topples off the top of the.door frameof the loo and hits him on the head. It is bloodstained. He reels. He jolts to the floor. : |

The rain is still pelting down. RUMBLING THUNDER. -Racing-clouds. A car is driving down the twisting road near the gates. It is. going feat. |

_ CLOSE-UP -‘THE MOTORIST |

oc

at thewheel, tense, worried. |

"ExT. ROAD -ANGLE = CAR

/ going too fast! It races ‘round a bend, and aeat leaps out into the beam ofthe'‘headlights. ‘The MOTORIST _swerves ‘toavoid it. the CAR SKIDS. | |

358A. mo

PROFESSOR PLUM, COLONEL MUSTARD, and MR. GREEN are

sSet lugging‘MR. BODDYinto the Study. They put him down

cinthe doorway, because their path is blocked“BY. the

—- COOK's> body.(COLONELMUSTARD takes» command.

MRS. ‘WHITE, MISS SCARLET and YVETTE Clambex over the body and start to drag the COOK along the floor on her

back. The dagger isstill sticking out ofher back.

COLONEL.MUSTARD ©: (continuing) | Put“the corpses onthe sofa.

The ‘MEN hesitate, too dazed to do. anything.COLONEL

MUSTARD Prompts them, indicating the COOK. . a

ve COLONEL MUSTARD | (continuing) | ‘Ladies first.

‘TheMEN| put.‘down MR. BODDY's body, andhelp the.LADIES lift the COOK up ontothe sofa. PROFESSOR PLUM.

| “WADSWORTH ‘Careful. ‘Don't«get blood«on the ‘sofa.:“Look,Professor!

| PROFESSOR PLUM I'm1 looking, I'm locking!

es | ‘YVETTE ae How. do we do this? Thedagger ee ge furtherSHtO:her.back.

- | COLONEL MUSTARD | “Tip. her>forward, over the arm.

They do so.

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50 CONTINUED: ess

ey Cig ae ee COLONEL ‘MUSTARD c% | : (continuing) ee eee : Now Mr. Boddy.

‘They.haul him up onto the sofa, next to. the COOK.

Panting, they. standback. .

-COLONEL MUSTARD (continuing) Now -- who had access to the candlestick?

MISS SCARLET

ae ‘MRS. “WHITE You:‘were given ate.

on | MISS SCARLET Yes, but I dropped it when the - lights went out. Anyone could wave’ picked it up. You <= fim -_—

ne | wrench, the lead pipe, the gun eee er | e- let's put them in this me 8 SED | o cupboard and lock it. There's | | |

“a-homicidal «maniac-about: , woes |

ee ALL ee Yes. / Good idea. / Great. / Lock ‘emup. . |

WADSWORTH, helped by the ‘OTHERS,puts the remaining. weapons into the cupboard, and docks: the door. He puts oehe_key-in his pocket. | : 7

MR. GREEN

| . | oe nate are.eyou.‘doing withthe | fF es key? o | | WADSWORTH

Putting it in my pocket.

pe ae ee (CONTINUED)

50 (CONTINUED(2)3

MRS. “PEACOCK ‘But that means you can open it whenever you want.

a “ WADSWORTH It also means that you can't.

OS a ‘MRS. ‘PEACOCK But what if you! re the murderer?

WADSWORTH | 7 _(simply)7 - I m pROES

“COLONEL |‘MUSTARD | (persisting) Bute‘whattt yousare?

| ‘WADSWORTH It has.‘to beput somewhere! - And if I've got tte T know I’m |safe. MRS. PEACOCK oy (emphatically) But we don't know weare.

| oMR. GREEN po SO:where dowe leave it?.

| | XVETTE In the lock? a

He‘rushes out.of the5 stody. the OMERS follow, |

—sl INT. THE HALL

tea by WADSWORTH, ‘they all ‘rushto.the front:doar. ‘WADSWORTH‘throws open»‘the.GOOr sine|ene‘back: his: arm

ae ‘theMOTORIST.

[orcas

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The MOTORIST thinks that WADSWORTH is.about to “punch ty” ‘him,and he ‘half ducksand puts up his handsto defend throwing «arm ‘freezes.

, WADSWORTH Oh. Sorry. |sorry: Um... canwe help? :

MOTORIST’ S. Pov

He ‘sees that eight.people are packed into the front. door, ‘Staringat chim-with-varicus.:‘expressions©‘Of:fear, suspicion, -and >‘hysteria.

BACK: TO SCENE

‘MOTORIST ore I'm sorry... I didn't-mean to disturb the whole household... -but my car broke down out here and I was wondering if I. could. “useyour‘phone?

_ WADSWORTH Just a moment, please.

_MOTORIST'S:POV - ALL. EIGHT PEOPLE

arn in. amongst themselves ‘for a hasty.whispered . -eonference. -- Occasional words floatout of the huddle: "He wants to use the phone”... "Isay 'no'"... "What's he doing round here?"... “How can we say no?", “ALL

right? Yes. _ Yes. Agree." 7 |

WADSWORTH turns, and tries.faglook as dignified : and

hormal: aspossible. oe

| : “WADSWORTH : ee very.well, sir. Would you like- to.come|in?Oe a

the MOTORIST steps in. ALL EIGHT PEOPLE juststare at

him.

: - MOTORIST | ‘Well... ‘where:is”(ite

7 ee _ WADSWORTH»veh What? .‘The body? CER oe

anerenad

“51 _<CONTINUED (2):

He. inadvertently let. thequestion slipout. The . OTHERS ‘react. |

‘MOTORIST ‘The phone. What body? : | , oo *

| ‘WADSWORTH | ae ‘There's no body. Nobody. There's ie nobody in the ‘Studye

‘He points to the Study door. ‘The MOTORIST starts. walking towards it. ‘Simultaneously.EVERYONE|Fealizes that‘that is where ‘theBODIES are.

oe ALL NOOO0000! 1

‘MOTORIST fiat eh

| | "WADSWORTH ~ PE rene maa

me

Walk this WAY, oe “ 4

He sets off, doing his” usual @ignified Butler walk. ‘The MOTORIST, realizing ‘thatall eyes are on ‘him,

follows WADSWORTH in an exact imiation of WADSWORTH *s- |

idiosyncratic walk. , :

» phoneto. the MOTORIST.Bos

o wADswoRTE indicatesthe

| ' WADSWORTH ‘When -you"vemade yourcall, ‘perhaps you would be.‘good enough to.wait here? .

ee MOTORIST ‘Certainly. ee

WADSWORTHretreats”to the.door,opens it,goesout, - andshuts the door. The. MOTORIST is. nowalone. in the ‘Lounge.

as heshuts:the. door. He jumps. COLONEL MUSTARD is

right ‘behind him.

‘WADSWORTH 'S- POV - COLONEL MUSTARD

miming ‘locking the Lounge door. |

BACK TO SCENE _ |

SIDER sos, and Pains he ey,

“The. MOTOKIST isabout to-dial.when.ne ‘seesand.HEARS ca KEYBEING TURNED in the mortice lock. He realizes that _-heis locked in. He is veryanxious.

‘55 “INT. THE‘HALL

~

WADSWORTH leavesthe key in the lock. ‘He turns to face

the Six GUESTS and YVETTE, who are all staring at him. —

‘COLONEL MUSTARD ‘Now -< where!i that key?

WADSWORTH nods towards the door.

‘stillain-thelock.

| PROFESSOR PLUM Not that ‘key. “The key to the cupnoard. With the, weapons.

- WADSWORTH You. still wish me toShrow:it away? eee | Ae a, ALL

He walks to the front door. .One ofthe GUESTS opens it for him. He takes the key from his pocket.

‘This time there is no one waiting outside. He hurls - the ‘key farup-and away, and it lands in a distant — _shrubbery, never to be seen again. — The ‘front.door shuts.

| 64.

| | ‘INT.THE HALL |

| eerie WADSWORTH

a- _What now? “We'vegot... Z .

:

watch) ree twenty-five minutes left till the police get here.

I need ‘a drink.

There is a general chorus of "Me, too" from the GUESTS. COLONEL MUSTARD leads off to the Library. ALL follow. . As they pass the Study door, the COLONEL‘stops and looks in. MR. BODDY and the COOK are still tying dead on the sofa.

MRS. PEACOCK : - Everything all right? . |

- COLONEL: MUSTARD Yes. Two corpses. Everything's fine. | - oa

WADSWORTH, bringing up the rear, speaks to himself incredulously.

‘But COLONEL MUSTARDis leading them all into the Library.

Everyone stands around nervously. COLONEL MUSTARD pours ‘himself a stiff drink, and tries to take. charge.

‘COLONELMUSTARD “Anyone -else wanta whiskey? —

MISS ‘SCARLET, MR. GREEN, andPROFESSOR PLUM all ‘step forward to help ‘themselves.

- (CONTINUED)

°66..

38 CONTINUED ©(2):

PROFESSOR -PLUM

‘wan? If we throw him out he may f4 geteven more suspicious,

‘COLONEL MUSTARD If I werehim i'd be suspicious already.

: MRS.PEACOCK Look, that guydoesn't matter! Let him stay locked up for another half an hour. Who cares? The police will ‘be here by then,and thereare TWO..DEADBODIES IN ‘THE-STUDY.

eae ALL Sshhiil | 7 ae | MR. GREEN (intensewhisper) | cS Well, what do you suggest??

The COLONEL pulls himself ‘together and takes a ‘swig of -his drink. Either the alcohol-or the panic seems to have caused his brain toseize up.

WADSWORTH is getting angrynow.

_- WADSWORTH I told you there isn't.

: -COLONEL MUSTARD | (izritated -again) You mean. there isn'tany ane _ confusion or.there isn’ © anybody oe else? | | WADSWORTH (confused) Either. Or both.

, . COLONEL MUSTARD “Then.giveme a clear answer.

|WADSWORTH -Certainly! . | (MORE)

58 “CONTINUED “(3):

‘WADSWORTH(cont"q) (a beat) . What was thequestion?

eyWaga

| COLONEL -MUSTARD Is. thereanyone else inthe nouse?

COLONEL MUSTARD is still unsure, and he eyes WADSWORTH

with: a steely eye.

: “darkly) That’ S$-what‘he says!. “Butdoes he know? JIsuggest we‘handle this In.a proper military fashion. Split up ane search ee the house. — area - oo oO

This.suggestion causes a feeling of mild panic cin.the |GROUP. peas

OE | “aes PERCOCE ‘Split-up? .

, i COLONEL MUSTARD t

Yes. | | (he looks at his watch) — :

: -... we haven't much time, so

let's-.splitup into -pairs.

‘PROFESSORPLUM Pairs? | coo

eee, MNS:

“PROFESSORPLUM docks.around .atlthe»OTHERS. Clearly he vhas”deep misgivings." < ee | we § eos

: PROFESSOR PLUM Wait a minute! Suppose that | one of us 1s the murderer. If — we split upinto. pairs, | | whicheverone of us is left -. @lone with the:killer’ might ‘be i Ae

SF Serene

“68.

‘58 “CONTINUED (4):

‘COLONELMUSTARD -(triumphantly) Then we wouldhave .‘discovered who the murderer was.

oo MRS. PEACOCK. Yes, ‘but.the other half of ‘the pair would be dead!.

COLONELMUSTARD is. quite philosophical.about.his.

He shrugs.

oes COLONEL MUSTARD | This is war. ‘Casualties are — _ inevitable. You can't make an | omelette without breaking eggs. Every cook will tell you that. .

| MRS. PEACOCK | cee ae : Yes, but look what.happened to mes ‘the Cook! |

There is a pause, weile they a23 consider wat cs Cs happened to the COOK.

COLONEL MUSTARD OPS, Whatchoice have we? : | *

He waits, expecting a chorus.of agreement. After several moments, they all mutter -- “none; '‘course *

Rot, * not awiully convincing. S

| yyverre - Bon D'accord. ‘But it's dark -upstairs and I'm frightened of the dark ec will anyone go with me?

‘PROFESSOR PLUM/COLONEL MusTARD/ MRS GREEN/WADSWORTH Irwill a

“They |all look at each other- sheepishly.

| ee ADSWORTH I suggest. we draw lots for partners. oe

(CONTINUED) —

‘ss CONTINUED (8):

He goes over to the fireplace and fromthe mantlepiece - he takes .a box of matches (or some long tapers). | eaves the Babrary, gesturing to the OTHERS tO follow

WADSWORTH , ‘followed by |ALL THE OTHERS , crosses ‘the| _ Hall‘to the Kitchen.

_ INT. THE KITCHEN

WADSWORTH ‘comes. into ‘the Kitchen,crosses to a drawer, and _produces a sharpcarving knife. He turns abruptly, ‘knifein hand. THE ‘OTHERS—gasp, ‘step back, WADSWORTH© is unaware of this. He sets about cutting the matches into eight different lengths. Then, carefully, his back the THE OTHERS, he places the matches in-his hand so that no one can tell their lengths. He turns toface ‘them,

": WADSWORTH | oe ‘Ready? The ‘shortest: withthe second shortest. Agreed? And let's say the two shortest . search the cellar, and so on up. a |

| |

They nod.and, -:one|byone, accompanied -‘by TENSE MUSIC, theypickout the matchsticks. Then they. compare. lengths. And the result? WADSWORTH is paired with © MRS. WHITE, YVETTE with MR. GREEN, COLONEL MUSTARD with MISS SCARLET, .and PROFESSOR PLUM with ‘MRS. -PEACOCK.

| ‘PROFESSOR-PLUM Its. you.andme, honey.”

MRS. “PEACOCK | (appalled)| aoe Yueklo (then)- Why don't we all search the house ‘together?- |

oatSrna

+60 “CONTINUED:

WADSWORTH glances |at his watch.

ALL RIGHT GUESTS come out of the Kitchen and into the

Hall. WE SEE them divide up into their pairs.

PROFESSOR PLUM and MRS. PEACOCK separate from the other sixand head towards a doorway that opens up Cellar “Stairs. -WADSWORTH, MRS.WHITE, YVETTE and. ‘MR.GREEN.all goup. the main‘stairs. COLONEL MUSTARD and .MISSSCARLET remain in the.Hall. | : | eens

COLONEL MUSTARD _ eee Well... we know what's in the cee: r - Study. We've just come from _-. | | | the Library. And the Stranger | | | is locked in the Lounge. So... ? | |

‘MISS ‘SCARLET Let!ss look at the Billiard ‘Roomagain.

..Sata They cross ‘the Hall, and carefully open the door to the Billiard. ‘Room.

62 “INT. BILLIARD ROOM _

‘COLONEL MUSTARD and MISSSCARLET come in and nervously

search it <= under the table, in the cupboards, behind the full-length drapes: atthe window... nobody else is.

enere.

6s

“WADSWORTH:and MRS. ‘WHITE. arepeering|anxiously | into a oe

coupleOf aark’ bedrooms,slightly unwilling to go in.

: WADSWORTH Are you going in there?

“Yes. ‘Are) you?

es | "WADSWORTH Yes.

end (CONTINUED)

MW.

Ce eS 63 CONTINUED: oe

O% “They don't move.They stare at each other suspiciously.

2 : | WADSWORTH | |

ae (continuing; :decisively) — Right! a | : |

| | MRS. WHITE | (equally decisively) Right! eS EE ES

They don't move. “WADSWORTH feels he should explain ©

; ‘WADSWORTH I... er... Io-cantte ‘seealight ‘switch. |

MRS. “WHITE

| ‘Neither can I. But there must. | be switches by the beds.

: WADSWORTH — | / Shall I come in with you? ~ oe = a.

mo (emphatically) Lo ; No! I mean... no, ‘thankyou.

He. goes into the first. Bedroom. She goes:into the second. The landing is empty for.a moment. -CAMERASTAYSthere. Then boththeir heads reappear.around ‘the«doorways, checking On :seach:other.

64 “INT. ATTIC STAIRCASE

The rain is still pouring. .The wind is. howling. | MR. GREEN and YVETTE pause at.the foot of. the ‘staircase.

nS ae MR. GREEN Do you want to goin front of me?» oo | :

‘YVETTE|

a “YVETTE. : |Thenyou “go in. front.

64 ‘CONTINUED :

“MR. ‘GREENhesitates.

SSS 2 SEE Sieet = ews:

PROFESSOR PLUM and MRS. PEACOCK are standing at the top of ‘thecold flagstone ‘steps.‘Cold brick walls.

She looks.at the long.steep Staircase that falls” away before her. -

MRS. /PEACOCK | Er...‘RO, you can go first.. a

PROFESSOR “PLUM . | (very polite) No, no, insist.

MRS. | PEACOCK No, no, I insist.

| ee PROFESSOR.PLUM “What are youfrightened of, a fate worse than death?

wen - MRS. PEACOCK — ‘No. Just death. Isn't that enough? | .

: INT. HALL

COLONELMUSTARD and MISS SCARLET tentatively.Sus:open a

two: big doubledoors at thefar end-of the Hall. They open into a-‘huge dark cavernous ‘space. “(Itis. actually | the.Ballroom.) ee oe

ae COLONEL. MUSTARD What. room's.‘this?

eee as scarier “Search me. — ae

eee COLONEL MUSTARD (eagerly) | Okay.

Moe“Xai

66 “CONTINUED:

He starts to run his hands over her body.

He obeys: hastily.

YVETTE and MR. GREENhave not moved. They are ‘squeezed an, ‘Sideby.‘side,at the‘bottomof ‘thenarrow-staircase.

ss YVETTE | Go on. ‘rtil ‘be right |behind| you.

: MR. GREEN ee That's why I'm nervous. a

| YVETTE Then let! $ go together.

MR. GREEN nods. “Sideby side ‘they -walk:‘up the-narrow staircase. There isn't room for them both! They look ridiculous, squeezed |together.—

‘Side by side PROFESSOR PLUM andMRS. ‘PEACOCK are walking ‘down: ‘the dark ‘cellar stairs.It’$not:easy.

Sideby.‘side,COLONEL MUSTARD and MISS. SCARLETery.“to. get. into. the. big.darkroomthrough the one open.‘double. door. It's not possible. — ‘They ‘bang“into-each other. ‘Theyseparate. They goagain -- they bang together a again!

WADSWORTH is groping‘round in‘the first:bedroom, trying: to ‘finda lamp.

“WADSWORTH: (terrified) | “te there's anyone in here -- just Look outt: oo eee

TA.

MRS. WHITE is|doing the same ching in her room. tao

MRS. ‘WHITE Are you hiding? I'm coming?

71A | Titt. FIRST BEDROOM.

WADSWORTH looks. under the bed,fearfully.

f\ %x

ON

PROFESSOR PLUMand MRS. PEACOCK have reached the bottom of the steps. ‘Various dark roomsopen out infront of them. Eyeing each other with the greatestsuspicion, they back away and into separate|rooms. -

‘73 INT. stkoe SEDRon

WADSWORTH finds a bedside lamp. CLOSE UP of WADSWORTH's hand switching it on.

“MRS. WHITE, in “the |‘second Bedroomnow: ‘sees a little because of the light spillingthrough an inter- connecting doorfrom the first Bedroom to the second. She. seesthe huge shadow of a.‘Person besideher. |

MRS.WHITE | “Who are you? Who is- it? Who are you?

No reply. She ‘sees alight ‘switch, backs ‘toward it, ‘switches it.on. | ,

‘She looks round. ‘Sheis in .a children's nursery full of toys -- dolls,bigbears, rocking horses, trains, etc. She has been talking to .a‘big doll.

COLONEL MUSTARD or MISS SCARLET switch on a light. _ They see a huge Ballroom‘Stretching before them, aes‘piano at. the end. at 7

(pleased) ee | Nobody here.

‘Hehasn't even looked.

COLONEL MUSTARD! s nerve fails him, |

‘COLONELMUSTARD You look, I'llsearch the Kitchen.

75 -CONTINUED:

‘He goes. The long curtains move. She stares. They Move again. MISS-SCARLET goes slowly .andfearfully towards the curtains. Sharply she ‘pullsthem back. Nobody there... just a broken pane of glass. .

The MOTORIST’ S$ car stands just off the side of.a road. Then wesee that a POLICE patrol car is.driving ‘slowly ‘down theroad towardsit.

‘There: is a.‘cop alone in‘the patrolcar. He sees the MOTORIST's abandoned car. He eyes it suspiciously. | Be:pulls. “P some way past the MOTORIST’ S$car...

TTA INT.THE HALL

AL gloved.hand --male .or female,we .can'ttell -- removes the key from.the lock in. theLounge door.

‘We see the desk in’the Study. On it lies the ‘envelope from which WADSWORTH‘hasearlierwithdrawn the letterwhich he reads to all the GUESTS.

The GLOVED HAND pulls the envelope from the desk. It ‘pulls out NEGATIVES and PHOTOGRAPHS, one of MR. BODDY, another of THECOOK, another of MR. GREEN. Then one ~ Of ‘theMOTORIST, the ‘MOTORIST, ine AEmy uniform, atwhe” wheel of.aee cree : | |

The.photographs of ‘COLONEL MUSTARD and YVETTE which wereearlier left on the table, are‘being examined. -. We alsosee-some letters and other papers. Then they are stuffed back intothe envelope, which is thrown “onto”the.‘blazing togfire. It.burns»‘UP. a

_ CAMERA ‘MOVES: WITH‘the GLOVED HAND, “ACROSS TO ‘the. | . Cupboard. | “They key is insertedinto the lock, ‘the door opens, and the‘weapons are |Pevealed. ve

o ge 9 :‘EXT. ROAD

The COP walks slowly,curiously, up towards the MOTORIST! s Car, and wandersaround tee

4Nae The MOTORIST.is on the telephone.

| MOTORIST — | I'm a little nervous. I'm in this re big house, and I've beenlocked into _ the Lounge... and the funny thing is, there's a whole group.of people. here having ‘some sort ofparty and one of them is my oldboss from...

“Then,heldcinsa.. gloved.hand ‘thatcouldbe male-:or female, thewrenchcomes INTO SHOT andhits the MOTORIST.on the head. ee ‘The PHONE drops. The wrench is‘dropped.

gl INT. THE BALLROOM , |

MISS SCARLET is leaving the BALLROOM. She comes out into theHall. She callsnervously.

: | ‘MISS SCARLET | Colonel .Mustard? ‘Colonel Mustard?

“COLONEL.MUSTARD | comesoutof‘the-Kitchen, ‘and meets -hee

-COLONEL MUSTARD. “There!$ no one in the.Kitchen.

“MISS SCARLET : Shall we try the. Conservatory?

| He nods, They go inte it.

a2

This is an eerielooking room, “inthe. dark. ‘Big trees _ | and plants make weird shapes and shadows. ‘But.within a few. _ Moments COLONEL |‘MOSTARD -finds:‘thelight switch. And looks)

| . congrats

-around.

COLONEL,MUSTARD Look! : | :

He.points. We see ‘that.a. panel‘in.thewall is.‘slightly -.ajar. They cross to it. There are steps down into ‘it. - Into pitch darkness. — eliece : “

| “Iss: SCARLET Looks ‘like a secret Passage.

They look at each other nervously.

(CONTINUED)|

76A.

MISS“SCARLET| (continuing) | Shall we see where it leads?

“There is a flashlight on a nearbyshelf or table. ‘COLONEL MUSTARD grabs it.

| They look at eachother, and then COLONEL MUSTARD steps. in.

| COLONEL MUSTARD | ‘Whatthehell! I'll. gofirst. I've ‘had-a.good life. :

‘She follows,Aimdain.

- 83 AND oMrrmeD sits Oe

85 ‘INT. THE SECRET ‘PASSAGE

“TENSE ‘MUSIC as: they wind their.way.along a darkstone . -Narrow passage. The COLONELtrips .on ‘something. He ~ ‘stumbles. It makes a big echoing noise. : oo

| | COLONEL MUSTARD _ God dammit: | oon

SES 3 Sees Ss ae

The gloved. hand:‘gwitches:off ‘the light.Nowthere's conly alittle moonlight -‘coming‘throughaerack .inthe Shutters. — oan

MISS” SCARLET and COLONEL. MUSTARD emerge into the ‘room,

| COLONEL‘MUSTARD Why is. it dark inhere? oF

: MISS SCARLET “Because ‘there"s no light.

- Suddenly ‘she:trips, oris-pushed. she stumbles ‘forward. He is pushed. He drops the flashlight. It-goes out. Her foot catches the. face Of:theSead MOTORIST: She fails over.his)Body: | |

76B.

CONTINUED: aoe : eS

MISS ‘SCARLET Did you push me?

| MISS SCARLET No. I fell over.

ae | COLONEL MUSTARD _Did you hurt yourself?

, MISS SCARLET | No. I landed on something soft. ,

We can see what she! s landed on.| She feels around. : Her hands finds the MOTORIST's head. She is shocked.

-MISS ‘SCARLET

It's .a body. (she realizes) ‘Somebody else is ‘in here:

The flashlight is switched .on. It moves across the ‘room. | : |

+ COLONEL MUSTARD swings around, swinging out his arm. -His hand ‘hits ‘theflashlightheldby ‘the GLOVEDHAND. | Impact! The flashlight flies through the air. It lands on‘the. ‘floor.A.shoe.‘kicks ate It slides across theBloor. Itgoes”out. | Ce I :

a “COLONEL MUSTARD | The murderer' s in here?

| MSS SCARLET I'm in herewith a murderer: ee

COLONEL MUSTARD crashes over the body and fallson MISS SCARLET < She gasps. | Mee |

‘Wee.

‘E- ‘MR. GREEN and YVETTE are in the attic, picking their | ‘way among old junk, chests, grandfather clocks, suit- cases, trunks, old family portraits and, above all, | cobwebs and dust. They too have found a light switch and can now see what they are doing. From below comes the sudden SOUND of MISS SCARLET SCREAMING.

“CONTINUED:|

MISS ‘SCARLET (0. s.y Help! Help! Help:

verte and MR. GREEN run towards the stairs.

esa THE LOUNGE

‘COLONEL MUSTARD is still lying on MISS SCARLET. She's ‘trying to.getaway. He's trying to calmher down.

| MISS.“SCARLET Leave me alone: —

| - ‘COLONEL MUSTARD It's me. Colonel Mustard.

| MISS SCARLET— So it's you: fe |

| COLONELMUSTARD ‘Of ‘course ait! ‘Ss.me! .

‘WADSWORTH and MRS. WHITE. emerge “from their respective Bedrooms, hearing the screaming. — ‘Then,.as‘YVETTE.and MR. GREEN hurtle down the Attic stairs, they all run down themain stairs into the Hall. We MOVE WITH.them. As they reach the main Hall, MRS. PEACOCK and . PROFESSOR PLUM shoot out of the Cellarand collide withthem. CRASH:

"Meanwhile, from the Lounge: wehear MISS SCARLET __ ‘SCREAMING. The dialogue, as“always, goes atetremendous a speed. one BE a I Ss nl aes

oe rss” SCARLET(0.8. y Aaaaaaasaaaghhghghghgh! win

en “MR. GREEN otWhere’'sit comingfrom?

oe WADSWORTH The ‘Lounge: | |

They all rush to the door of theLounge. MR. GREEN tries” to. open ite | | weSe

(CONTINUED) =

CONTINUED: | |

¥Mane

The.‘door’Ss locked: .

oR, ae I KNOW: |

‘PROFESSOR PLUM Well, UNLOCK its

MR, ‘GREEN The KEY'S GONE! |

PROFESSORPLUM | “Nevermind about ‘the:“keys‘unlock ‘the ‘door:- | :

MR. GREEN is leapingup and down with rage and frustration.

i MR.GREEN | I CAN'T UNLOCK THE DOOR WITHOUT THE -KEY!. | | (he:‘bangs ‘on ‘the door) . | a LETCe LET Us INi..

“MISS SCARLETand. ‘COLONEL: MUSTARD are banging‘on the door. .

| veeee MISS SCARLET /COLONEL ‘MUSTARD cf aa a ome -LET us OUT.

| wapsvonte hasbeen unable to.‘open‘the door.

- WADSWORTH | Te!‘Ss nogood. m aerathe door) “Stand‘back

ne walks firmly back.‘from ‘thedoor. He is .at-his.

meee PT aga

most macho.

—90A “CONTINUED:

| Ce | MISS SCARLET/COLONEL MUSTARD (0.Ss.) MURDER: HELP: . MURDER.© oe .

MRS. PEACOCK loses her temper. ‘She shouts at the - door. .

Will you shut up! We're ‘doing our best. . - a

_ YVETTE comes running out of the Study. The revolver

not seewrithing .on‘thefloor. The«GUN-GOES.OFF as ‘she

falls. Itshoots thegilt ropethat holdsupthe _

chandelier above the Hall. The -chandeliercomes loose, *

‘hanging.on by a thread. Meanwhile, when the gun went * eff, everyone else dived for cover behind furniture, — or flat on the floor. YVETTE picks herself up, and - runs to the locked Lounge door.She FIRES the’ GUNat. the lock. The lock is shot away. |

There is a pause. ‘Complete silence. Then COLONEL

_ -MUSTARD andMISS SCARLET open‘thedoor. ‘Theylook _ Shattered. “EVERYONE ELSE ‘picksthemselves :up.

| COLONEL MUSTARD Why were you shooting that > thing» at us?

| YVETTE _To get you out.

COLONEL|MUSTARD

You night have killed us. T can't ee eee _take any more scares. EEE Ee Re

Phe. Chandelier. comes ‘erashingdown ‘behindhim. The * shock frightens:them all.out of ‘theirwits. MS

(quietly) a Look. —

She. stands aside. ‘Theyall peer in ‘ghrough the a

door and see the dead ‘MOTORIST. ‘Thenthey Look at -

jo So eee ie ES : ee oe | soma

“‘ tt en *,Wee ff of

90D “CONTINUED:-

Aah! | oe ‘(clutcheshis arm, then realizes) — I ve been shot: They're shooting at us! THEY'RE SHOOTING AT US!

Thechandelier is hanging lopsided. CLOSER: “We see

(itis hanging by a thread: whichis unwinding.

YVETTE ‘picks herself up and runs to the clocked Lounge door. The chandelierthread is.unwinding faster. ‘She-PIRESTHE GUN at the lock, once, then once again.

~

COLONEL MUSTARD and MISS SCARLET flatten themselves against the wall, and dive for cover (respectively). -

The lock has been shot away. Pause.

Complete silence. Then COLONEL MUSTARD.and MISS SCARLET open the door. They look shatterec. EVERYONE ELSE picks themselves up. Theere rope

is unwinding even faster:

eA - COLONEL ‘MUSTARD- - "why wereyou Shooting that Shing” | at us?” ae Oe,

To get you out. |

The .chandelier rope is unwinding at-even.greater speed. From.a HIGH POV, beside the unwinding rope, looking | | ‘downthrough the chandeliers: we see thatit is directly ~ < above COLONEL MUSTARD. : | a

| | COLONEL MUSTARD | ee You might have killed us.. I can't | take any more scares. |

(CONTINUED) —

TIE.

He ‘takes.a-step.away, towards a-chair-or sofa. He is facing CAMERA. Ashetakes that step, the chandelier ‘comescrashing down behind him. The shock almost gives him - and them - a heart attack: 7 |

| ‘MISS SCARLET i (quickly) Look. =

‘She »‘stands aside, cand «switches.on» the Aight: ‘in ‘the ‘lounge.

They all peer in through the door and see the DEAD MOTORIST,who lies in the foreground. ao

-—-90L INT.THE BALL

‘MRS. WHITE He needed ‘that.hole-in thehead like a vholein ‘the-head. -MRS. PEACOCK | Which of you ‘did..it?2.

:COLONEL .MUSTARD > (outraged) . We found him, together.

91 7 THE LOUNGE

they all crowd into the Lounge and gape at.thee secret

| oD CE

passage. i

‘MISS SCARLET ee a ee it ‘comes‘fromthe Conservatory. es .

MISS SCARLET,overwhelmed by ‘her ordeal, ‘Sinks exhausted | On»to a-sofa. or |

COLONEL MUSTARD: SR, ‘Thank God you:were able to.get us WI a out, ‘Yvette. | =

“qhey all look at YVETTE. She still has the gun in her hand.,They all Suddenly stare at the’gun.

acer

TIF.

CY | “91 ‘CONTINUED:

Oo ‘PROFESSORPLUM Is that the same gun?

oe MRS. PEACOCK From the cupboard?

‘PROFESSORPLUM But itwas locked.

They all look at her!

They are all amazed.

ee

fee i oe OL CONTINUED: |

UNLOCKED?

But yes, seefor.yourself.

Sure.‘enough, ‘the. cupboard.door.is.open.“and.the key is in the lock.. ‘Theyall rush “in-- and, Stopping abruptly.,stareatit. ‘Then MRS.PEACOCK turns |accusinglyon YVETTE.

(defensive). I didn't. I think: I break it-open = but it.‘Wasopen already.

| { *

a PEACOCK

Vey (to the.OTHERS)

A likely :‘story.

‘And at ‘this. ‘exitical juncture ‘theFRONT DOOR. BELL RINGS. DING... DONG.*@

| was all stand still, frozen interror, not knowing whether toge to the front door ornot.

sees MISS SCARLET “Maybe they’i go away

they wait. And.hope. DING... -DONG.... -

-(CONTINUED)

2aoea~

92° CONTINUED:

MISS. SCARLET

Sweet

Maybe they’ll go.away

They wait. “Andhope. DING... DONG...

‘MR,GREEN rvm going to openit.

; ALL oy? Hee

MR. GREEN : r ve.nothing to hide. Ididn't ‘do iti: ae

He rushes out of the etisay.- has all follow.

They rush from the‘study to the Hall, = towards,‘the front door.— |

“ine. /EX?. FRONT| DOOR/HALL |

The COP is waiting |‘outside thefront door. “Suddenly it is openedby MR. GREEN, with the seven OTHERS crowding | ‘the.doorway beside and behind him. |

oR. (GREEN slams the front door in.his face. A momentary pause, then MR. GREEN flings the door open agains 7

Oe es MR. GREEN oo Yes? a

The cop appears slightly puesied by this behavior,but after a moment he continues where‘he deft‘oft. :

oie! | | ‘COP | af found an abandoned car near the.gates “= of this house. Didthe driver.come here ee _for help, by any” chance?

“Theyall try to smooth away his suspicions.

“94 “CONTINUED:

But MR.GREEN feels he must tell the truth.

- MR. GREEN Well, actually, yes.

| ALL ‘NO?!

‘The :COPeyes the group.

“COP| | ‘There seems to besome disagreement.

Yes.

The COP is not satisfied, apparently.

WADSWORTH is struggling toregain his usual composure.

: _COP Sure. |

He comes in. As he steps into ‘the Hall,he notices YVETTE. He ‘Stops andeyes” hersuspiciously.

gee

94 CONTINUED (:2)::

- She gives a Gallic shes.

an | WADSWORTH : ‘Its. because that. Chandelier fell down. It could have. eidied MS . :

MISS~‘SCARLEThurries ‘to the Lounge and ‘PROFESSOR PLUM to the Study. They shutboth doors fast — -(and‘therefore tooloudly) as ‘he walks by. “SLAM! SLAM! “One after the other! The COPnotices. WADSWORTH shows the COP into the Library. | |

- WADSWORTH Please - help yourself to a drink, if you like.

“The COP picks up the cognac.

“COP In ‘case.‘ofwhat?

But WADSWORTH has shut the door, also with a banc. And locked it. But this time he is ina big hurry, andleaves the key in the lock. He hurries back along the Hall, to where the SIX GUESTS. and YVETTE arestill standing, Panicestricken.

: WADSWORTH What now?

MR. ‘GREEN We ‘should've told him.

We see, and they see, the door handle being jiggled MB and. down. |

| MRS. PEACOCK. oe It!Ss.“all very.well. to say thatnow...

a nh Meretetle teatyaiteete cen seeny ter

BLA.

94 ‘CONTINUED (3):

a ALL Oh, shut upi!

“And they all look pretty threatening. ‘So MR.GREEN Shutsup.

' The COP is trying to open the locked door. Puzzled, heleaves it and crosses to the telephone. He is about to lift the receiver when it RINGS. Very loud. ‘He jumps. : | : oo

Then he answers it.

- (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED :

: ce ‘COP. eee Hello? ... Yes? ... Okay, okay.

WADSWORTH and the GROUP have frozen.

- They turn towards the Library door.

\

cee Baon the Bhane

And who shall I say is calling? | (he listens, then replies | |sarcastically) | Oh, ‘yes? And I'm Harry Truman. (there is a torment of angry abuse shouted down the line) | _ Okay, okay,sir, I'll try, sir. I apologize, butI'm locked ina room here...

“He goes tothe ‘door, and jiggles. the handle. Then he / Sallis outthrough the ‘door. |

: CoP (continuing) Letme outa here. You've no right | toshut me in. I'll book you for false arrest, wrongful imprisonment, Obstructing an officer in the course of hisduty and murder: |

There is a momentary: pause. Then the key is jiggled, and 7 unlocked. He sees, and opens the door. WADSWORTH, YVETTE, -COLONEL MUSTARD, MR. GREEN, MISS SCARLET, MRS. WHITE, MRS. PEACOCK and PROFESSOR PLUM are all standing there. WADSWORTH speakswith as much innocence as he can muster. my aeSri:3

_ (CONTINUED)—

Ba.

The. COP grins.

WADSWORTH was about to answerone of the first. questions, but this last inquiry floorshim.

| COP ie Je Edgar Hoover' s on the line.

‘WADSWORTH © J. Edgar Hoover?

| CoP | That's right. The Head of the Federal ‘Bureauof Investigation.

_WADSWORTH I don't know!! But he's on everybody — else's; why shouldn' t he be on mine?

He |goes.intothe Library. He> is”about to shut the door,

when he hesitates and prudently removes the key from the lock. He shuts the door.

The cop is”left standing. in the Hall with the OTHERS.

cop” What s going: onhere?.

“MISS. SCARLET We!re having a patty:

ee 98 CONTINUED: Sagan

| COP Mind if i look around?

_. They all stare at him with desperation in their eyes. Except for MISS SCARLET.

a ‘MISS SCARLET Sure. You show him around, Mr. Green.

vee “MISS SCARLET | . Yes. Why don't you show him the Dining Room - or the Kitchen - or the Ballroom.

| MR. GREEN (still squeaking) Pine. | vo (he pulls himself together, and lowershis voice two octaves) Fine! Come with me, officer, I'll show you the Dining Room - or the Kitchen - or ‘the Ballroom. —

And he leads him away, the COP going somewhat reluctantly, his eyes lingering on the Study and. Loungedoors. As the COP and MR. GREEN disappear into the Dining Room, MISS SCARLET turns to the OTHERS.

ws MISS SCARLET | (softly). Okay. Listen.

| The COPand MR. GREEN comeinto the Dining Room.

MR. GREEN — This is the Dining Room.

COP — | (heavy sarcasm) ee

- those two rooms? .

MR. GREEN'‘$§ voice is still high-pitchedin terror.

Nw | CS 2 £58 | eens oe (CONTINUED)

99. ‘CONTINUED:

MR.|GREEN ‘Whattwo.‘rooms?

MISS.SCARLET is talking to MRS. WHITE and COLONEL MUSTARD

in front of the bodies of THE COOK and MR. BODDY on the

sofa.

| MISS SCARLET Make it look convincing. ©

And she grabs a bottle of brandy from the sideboard.

iol INT. THE HALL

MISS SCARLET andPROFESSOR PLUM whizz across.“the Hall and into the Lounge just as MR. GREEN and the COP emerge from the Dining Room. The COP points at the Study and Lounge doers.

~COP Those two. rooms.

oe MR. GREEN | (a trifle hysterically) Oh, those two rooms!

; ‘He walks purposefully ‘towards: the Study.MR. GREEN hurries after: Aim, grabs his.arm,and. stops him.

“Officer, I don't ‘think you should go. in there.

The COP stops walking and stares at him.

ese MR. GREEN

(wildly) Well, because... because... oh, it's all too shocking.

oN ‘101 _CONTINUED:

The COP brushes MR. GREEN aside, goes to the Study and opens. the door. |

: | The lights are off. The PHONOGRAPH is PLAYING, softly. * | | “I Ain't Got No Body,” anold 78 rpm record. .

The COP switches the light. On the sofa MRS. WHITE is sitting on the knee of the dead MR. BODDY. She is kissing him on the mouth. He appears, from the COP'S POV to be embracing her - but we can see that his arms and hands. are being manipulated by MRS. WHITE-like a big puppet. The COP sees this, and his eyes turn to another couple: the COOK is standing up in a corner, her arms around COLONEL MUSTARD, and he appears.to be kissing her. The COOK's hands are moving through his hair.

NEW ANGLE | a .

‘In the corner, we see that COOK's hands are behind her back, and MRS. PEACOCK is concealed behind COOK - and it is MRS, PEACOCK's hands which are caressing COLONEL MUSTARD.

The COP turns to MR. GREEN, who is watching open-mouthed.

He leaves the room, followed by MR. GREEN. MRS. PEACOCK comes out from behind the dead COOK. She is looking demented.

| | | MRS. PEACOCK | | a ‘Oh, my God!! -

MRS. WHITE stops kissing MR. BODDY.

MRS. PEACOCK _ How could you kiss that... thing?

dead MOTORIST.

_104 INT. THE ‘HALL

The CoP’ and MR. GREEN cross the Hall and open the Lounge | -Door.

‘MISS SCARLET and PROFESSOR PLUM are in an anbrace.

The MOTORIST is now lying back in a chair, his head injury not visible fromthefront. A half emptyhottle of brandy

has his fingers curled round it.

The COP enters. MISS SCARLET and PROFESSOR PLUM separate. The COP eyesthem. MR. GREEN is still open-mouthed.

ie COP Excuse me.

He sees the MOTORIST and crosses over to him. He sees

the bottle. He bends down and sniffs his breath.

COP | (continuing) He's drunk. Dead drunk.

The COP shakes the MOTORIST. The bottle slips to the floor.

The MOTORIST, not.surprisingly, doesn't wake_ up when shaken.

I hope you're not going to drive home?

| ‘PROFESSOR PLUM He won't be driving home, officer, I |promise you that. | :

: COP (looking up) Someone will give: him a.‘lift?

i a long black car. |

ce 105 -- CONTINUED:

“PROFESSOR. PLUM , ‘(hastily) | A limousine. —

The COP nods. MR. GREEN is still open-mouthed.

WADSWORTH ison the phone.|

cece WADSWORTH

He replaces ‘the receiver, and, remembering his - situation, hurries out into the Hall.

| 106A CINT. THE HALL | |

o WADSWORTH: sees the COP and MR. GREEN coming out of the | ; | | Lounge. |

WADSWORTH | : |

‘COP = ee You! re too late. I've seen everything. *

WADSWORTH is shattered by this statement. As always, the dialogue maintains a considerable pace- therein lies the humor.

_WADSWORTH “You have? oes eS (in despair) | I can explain everything.

CoP You don’ t need to.

‘COP Don'tcoy There's nothing illegal | about any of this.

|WADSWORTH. cea | | | | ae as ty

\ Are you sure? one

~~ 206A CONTINUED: |

No. ‘This is America.

_WADSWORTH I see. -

_COP It's a free country, didn't you know?

: -WADSWORTH - Tt didn’ tknow it was that free?

Slight pause.

: May I use the phone now? |

eee _ WADSWORTH . Certainly. |

Delighted, he shows the COP into the Library. The

‘COPgoes in, and WADSWORTH locks the door. Again he leaves the key in the lock.

The COP again notices ‘the door being locked. He turns to -‘thetelephone. 7

‘108 INT. THE HALL

‘ee | ALL the GROUP come out of the Study and tounge.

a ; MR. GREEN Why did you lock him in there again?

| | _WADSWORTH | | we dian't finish searching the house. —

EES | o | ALL

oo 90.

108 “CONTINUED:

YVETTE takes MR. GREEN by the hand.

| YVETTE | Come »on.

And they hurry up the main stairs. WADSWORTH and MRS. WHITE follow. We MOVE WITH them, TO a HIGH AND VERY WIDE SHOTas they all come up the stairs, and simultaneously MRS. PEACOCKand PROFESSOR PLUM return to the Cellar Stairs. —

On the second floor landing WADSWORTH goes back into ‘the First Bedroom,MRS. WHITE into thesecond Bedroom. We MOVE WITH YVETTE andMR. GREENUP TO thestairs INTO the Attic where they separate and go into different rooms of which there.are many. We WATCH MR.GREEN peering nervously behind doors,into cupboards, into trunks. |

COLONEL MUSTARD and MISS | SCARLET enter the Kitchen.| COLONEL MUSTARDeyes a different cupboard door. He moves steadily toward it, opens it -- and a fold-up ironing board drops out and hitshim on thehead. He reels. Then he looks around. His eye iscaught by the cupboard out of which theCOOK fell.

“He opensthe door. It looks likea big broomcupboard. Then, with an eerie creak, the backwall of the cupboard | moves ~——and opens. Another secretpassage!

one -COLONEL MUSTARD Let! sfind out.

| COLONEL MUSTARD and MISS SCARLET movealong the tunnel.

lll "OMITTED

ol.

- INTO SECRET PASSAGE

COLONEL MUSTARD and MISS SCARLET see acrack.of light

f ¥sett at the end of the tunnel. They push at the wall -- it.

opens -- to their amazement.

-. 1213 INT. THE STUDY

ees “They have arrived in ‘the Study.They look at each

| -COLONEL MUSTARD “bet! s “try the Ballroom again.

They leave the Study. through ‘the door into the Hall.

‘They, cross the Hall -- and we -- HEAR a NOISE. An unfamiliar noise. Perhaps just a. creakingsound.

COLONEL MUSTARD “stops abruptly.

~ MISS SCARLET “(€rightened) ‘Idon't know _ (silence) Nothing.

WE SEE, in BIG CLOSEUP,A MAINS ELECTRICITY SWITCH.

We don't know where it is --‘unless we.have been very observant and seen it in the Background of one of the scenes so far.

2115 “CONTINUED: oe , |

ae a - (NOTE: It will have been seen, ‘perhaps slightly out of : oe _ focus,‘earlierin thefilm. d

It isa big red lever. It is labelled: 'POWER.' The same GLOVED HAND = which could be male orfemale - comes INTO SHOT. It grabs the lever, and pulls. The > light goes out. | oo

(“116 EXT. THE HOUSE

-Seen FROM the driveway , all the lights in the house

snap out. |

117. oneres

PROFESSOR PLUM hears a SOUND. Is it arat - or a man? We see in thedim light, a huge rack of wine bottles. - ANOISE comes from. behindit.

oo PROFESSOR PLUM (terrified) Is anyonethere?

119INT. SECOND CELLAR ROOM

MRS. PEACOCK can just see a large round shape. WE CAN SEE it is ahuge old-fashioned centralheating boiler. It makes occasional quiet GURGLES and HISSES. She stops, terrified. | | |

MRS. "PEACOCK Don’ t you touch me:

120 ~=INT. ‘THE BALLROOM

The room is dark, but. some ‘light is coming in. through the Hall. COLONEL MUSTARD and MISS SCARLET walk around ona polished wooden floor. They walk ‘Slowly. Feeling for obstructions.

| “MISS SCARLET. sees a largelooming shape -infront: ofher.

She's frightened. In fact, it is the.Shape of the raised lid ofa baby ‘grandpiano.

CY coe eee ee eee sense | es who's ‘that? Is anyone there?

fo

The window has been left slightly open. On this floor the windows haven't been shuttered. Some moonlight. lights the room a little. The WINDOWS RATTLE and the curtains move in the draft.

| MRS. WHITE| Is anyone there? we

WADSWORTH blunders into the dressing room in the dark.

It is well lit by moonlight. He turns, sees himself in a full-length mirror, and thinks it's somebody else.

‘He steps back and falls over the dressing table stool, against the dressing table -- which collapses vuanderhis weight with a ‘tremendousCRASH:

MRS. WHITE turns and screams in terror. -‘

124, AND. OMITTED

The COP is on the phone. He hears the screams, and looks around nervously. He is still holding the phone.

COP

MR. GREEN and YVETTE run into each other at the top of the Attic stairs. They collide, and hang on to each other in terror...

| - 94.

om — -:127.CONTINUED:

eo a a | ener iONeraie 7 Get away from me.

And together they tumble down the stairs. MR. GREEN falls in a heap. |

YVETTE is hurrying down the main stairs. She can just

see enough and she has the bannisters to guide her...

VERY TENSE MUSIC.

She reaches the Hall, and crosses silently to ‘the |

Billiard Room door. _ | |

She opens the door and comes in.

- YVETTE | Hello? es hello? ... Are you”here?

We HEAR A WHISPERED ‘VOICE0.S.

wos WHISPERING VOICE Yes.

| YVETTE | What's going on?

es WHISPERING VOICE (Come in. Shut. the door.

She comes: inand shuts the door.

‘WHISPERING VOICE (continuing) Did the Cop recognize your. face? —

YVETTE comes towards CAMERA, speaking. She is moving into a BIG. HEAD“AND=SHOULDERSCLOSE-UP. .

A ee ee ee cont INUED) WE | = | ESI Sie ee ems

129 CONTINUED:

The rope is thrown around >her neck.- Sheis horrified.

NSear Her eyes widen.

‘YVETTE (continuing) It's. you! !

And the rope is jerked, closing her winépipe.

CUT. TO: |

The COP is talking desperately on the phone.

COP _ (on phone) There's something funny going on here. I don't know what it is... No, I'm not on. duty, but I have a feeling that I'm in danger... You know that big. ugly house on top of <=

And INTO SHOT,. behind the COP's head, COMES | THE LEAD PIPE. The same GLOVED HAND is holding it. It hits him on the head. witha thud. The. COP fallsto the floor. —

BING 5 POMC

PEE

BIG CLOSE-UPS of all the GUESTSand WADSWORTH, as the BELL goes. Again, the backgroundto each CLOSE-UP should be unclear, so that we don'tknow where each of

From INSIDE the Hall, the FRONT DOOR opens. The YOUNG. WOMAN fromWestern Union standsthere, lookingtowards US, smiling. Then sheSINGS:

YOUNG"WOMAN (singing). TeeeAM... YOUR SINGING: TELEGRAM.

CRACK! _

_A GUNSHOT!

The YOUNGWOMAN fallsdead.

The FRONT DOOR SLAMSshut.

MR. GREEN HEARS the GUNSHOT from below. He turns appalled, stumbles towardsa door, opens it-- and runs into a cupboard! THUD! | | |

97,

COLONEL MUSTARDhears, and ~- after a moment'sshock -- ss Runstowards the Hall. He bumps into the dining | table-- knocksit forward, andplates and glasses

- GRASH to the floor. He has hurthimself.

MISS.‘SCARLET hears all the noise, and looks towards thedoor.

MRS. ‘WHITE,trying to findthe door in the

dark, bangs into a largebox.

OR huge. Jack-in-a-box springs out immediately in front of her. She almost has heart failure. Then, screaming

wildly?

cone a S | : ra. WHITE ere ee ‘Help:Help: — ae

_ WADSWORTH. is blundering around.He hears MRS. WHITE SHOUTING : forhelp. fo.S.).‘Hecallsout. |

cn | WADSWORTH Coming: Coming: I'm just _ tryingto find. thedoor.

Befinds: adoor. He calls, out again.

: Bis hand turns a handle. He moves quickly forward. He -

bumps into another obstruction. His hand finds another

oii /Randle.’EE : SIS Set aries

WADSWORTH” (continuing;to himself) Another door?

at MRS. WHITE is still ‘Shouting for.rescue. Ssangiceceatly®

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He.| Serks ‘the handle and gees .“through the next deer. Immediately he hits a wall.

He finds another handle.

| ‘WADSWORTE

| ‘Another handle?

Ee turns it. Water cascades ‘over him:

Hestumbles out, through the Bathroom.door, finds. the | | ‘Bedroom, and -= now with thehelp of moonlight in theMain Hall. ee

eee WADSWORTH: hurries dripping down the stairs, and into the KITCHEN. Just inside the deor he finds the ; Blectricity Mains lever. He switches it back -- and

- the lights come on all over the house. And the PEONOGRAPE ®

starts up again, in the study, very slowly at first, coming Up to speed. oe | | e-

- «gradually

WE MOVE WITH WADSWORTH back into. the ‘Ball. And gradually

the SIX GUESTS congregate there.with him -- MR. GREEN | - @oming down the stairs, MRS. PEACOCK andPROFESSOR PLUM - @@lerging from theCellar,‘COLONEL | MUSTARD from the oe

Balinese. ofthe Dining Reemand miss SCARLET from the

Slowly they wander around checking the rooms |--

_ (Shooting towards the‘door)

‘They come.‘to.‘the Billiard Room-_ ‘and see“YVErTE lying

strangled, the noose around her neck, across the billiard | table. ‘Dazed, they turn --

O8a.

1428 0 INT. LIBRARY

ofoTM, eA eee,_(Shooting towards”door) a

They all look at each other. -

a MRS. WHITE/MRS. PEACOCK So did Ire 7

‘The front door Slammed.

| COLONEL MUSTARD : oh god. The murderer must. have run out. — WOES

WADSWORTH | | “aegentlyy 'Let! Sssee. :

WADSWORTH throws it. open == and at their feet is. the _ body of the YOUNG WOMAN. The bullet‘ Ss pointof entry dis seenclearly |on her forehead. | ;

"WADSWORTH ne (continuing) _ Three, murders!

Oe TE MR. GREEN Six, altogether.

- @hey gape. He.turns, and SLAMS. the FRONT DOOR shut.

gaa INT. HALL —

He crosses to the door of ‘the Lounge. ‘He looks at the © floor, then turns tothe OTHERS . | rae cee

—cowrrwueo)

_(CONTINUED)

_ WADSWORTH © _..(continuing) | No gun. Yvette dropped it here. Remember? Now it's . ‘gone...

They all look at each other with deep suspicicn.

| WADSWORTH | (continuing; quietly) Very well. I know who did it.

—-142D- ‘CONTINUED (2):

He nods.

“P "WADSWORTH . “And furthermore, I'm going to tell you all how it was all done.

They react.

_ WADSWORTH (continuing) Follow me.

He leads them all into the LIBRARY |

(NOTE) |

The.‘scenes that follow may initially seem somewhat long-

scenes cannot be judged by the usual criteria. WADSWORTH's explanation of what has happened so far will be played at an absolutely TREMENDOUS speed, whenever hyphenated; the words spoken so fast that they may be completely unintelligible. His actions will illustrate the words and thus make them | comprehensible to the: audience, butthey will also happen | at tremendous ‘Speed.

The result will be something ‘Like ‘an under-cranked, speeded up section <= except that it will not be under-cranked and will be done by the acting |of WADSWORTH. It will be a comic| tour-de-force. — & ooh Co

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100A

(143,INT. THE LIBRARY. |

‘They all come into the Library.

WADSWORTH a In orderto-helpyou understandwhat_ happened Ishallneed totakeyouthrough the events oftheevening,step bystep. At the start ofthe eveningYvettewas here, by herself | (he positionshimselfwhere we firstsaw YVETTE) : , waiting toofferyou all a glassof champagne. (he runsto thedoor anc out,Saying: ) Ilo-wasinthe Hall. “(he ‘shuts‘the door and immediatelyre-opens it) I know because I was there. Then I hurried acrossto the Kitchen. (he runs tothe -Kitchen)

‘WADSWORTErunstotne.Kitchen.The SIX GUESTS follow him, alse running,tokeep up.

WADSWORTH enters |theKitchen, followed by theOTHERS.Hestops dead. Perhaps theybump intohin. |

WADSWORTH ee And-the-~-Cook-was-in~-here-alive, sharpenins- the-knives,preparing-dinner.Then..t

“WADSWORTHturnsand ‘Tuns outof,the Kitchen.TheOTHERSfollow. as

It HALL.(PANNING from Library to front door)

- WADSWORTH races across the Hall, ‘the OTHERS in hot pursuit,flings "open thefrontdoor, and ringsthedoor bell. |

os He ‘points toCOLONEL, MUSTARD.

coLowe, state 2 Yes. Sos

WADSWORTH , at incredible speed, mimes and re-enacts COLONEL MUSTARD' s arrival,reproducingwhathe and the (COLONEL did, as hesays:

100B ~

146 CONTINUED:

Loneeeers

~ WADSWORTH “Teasked~you--for-your-coat, I-recognised~ you~as—Colonel-Mustard~and--preventes-you~ from-telling-me-your-real-name-as-I-didn't- wanteany-of-you-to-be-addressed-dy-any- name~other-than-your-pseudonym=and-1-| introduced-nyself-to-you-as-the-Butler.. I-lead-you-across-the-Hall-~tocchesLibrary. ++.

Having mimed the introduction,‘thetakingofthecoat,heruns back- tothe Library, the OTRERSbreathlesslybehindhis.

_THE.LIBRAzY. (shooting towards window)

aT,

| MADSWORTHrushes in, and| grabs the bot

‘WADSWORTH. And-Yvezte-net-you-and-sailed-—

and-poured-you-a~drink, . (he slosheschampagneintoa glass)

and....

- He rushesout. pS Lrae

| IT._THE HALL.(shooting towards FRONT DOOR)

He arrives back at.the front deor shaving almost ‘collided with.

_ whe GROUP as he comes out of the LIBRARY.

WADSWORTH | .. zthe-doorbell-rang-again-and-it-vas- Mrs-White-looking-pale-and-tragic-and- _ I-told-her-she-was-expected-and-took-her- Soatwand-hung-it-upcand... |

He!'s onhis way back to the Library. The OTHERS can haraly keep uP with him.

149. ANT, _THE LIBRARY. (shooting towards: DOORS)

"WADSWORTH is whizzing back into the Library. ‘The GROUP follows :

to the doorway.

; Oe | . “WADSWORTHee eee “sand-I-introduced-Mrs-White-to-Colonel- Mustard-_ | (he mimeshimself,MRSWHITE oe -and COLONEL MUSTARD simultaneously, shaking hands with himselfinall directions) - and-I-noticed-that-Mrs-White-and-Yvette- :_ flinched’:= | |

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ag tiiebr oe PROFESSOR “PLUM 149 CONTINUED: Then what? ~~

| | oe | WADSWORTH: | om”. . . oe ‘Then-ve-heard-a-rumble-of~thunder-and- a: . -a-crash~of-lightning- ae | | (he imitatesthunderand

lightning-atphenomenalspeed) and-~to-cut-a-long-story-short -one-by-one- you~all-arrived.-Mrs-Peacock-shook-hands- with-Yvette-and~Colonel-Mustard-anc-Hr-Green~ was-of fered~champagne-by-Yvette~and-Professsr Plum-and-Miss-Scarlett~arri ved-together~and- were-all-introduced-and-then-

He rushes outintothe Hall.

150, INT, THE HALL. (shooting towards GONG from CENTRE of HALL,

| PANNING past. STAIRSto DINING ROOM) WADSWORTHskids toa halt atthe gong.

And he's gone. -

~ta+idBr THE DINING ROOM, 7 (shooting towards KITCHEN)

WADS'ORTHis moving. around the dining table, sitting down, Ssstanding UPy attruly.phenomenalspeed,as he describes.

| ~ WADSWORTH . a And=Mrs-Peacock-sat-here-and-Colonel-Mustard~ _ waschere-and-Mr-Green~ 7 ae _. (he‘sits and stands) _ and-Professor-Plun- EES - (sitsand stands) | and-Miss-Scarlett-and-Mrs-khite-and-this- - chair-was-vacant-and-

aeOEei

“151 CONTINUED: ©

SRE

*me MRSwe TE Yes,g2t onwith it at i:

_WADSWORTE (reasonably.) I'mtellingit as fastas Ican. Anyway- | we-all-revealed-that-we' d-received-letters- you "d-had-a-letter-and-you'd-had-a-letter-— oSand-you' d=

| ALL SIX GET ON. WITH IT.|

| WADS¥ORTH The pointis -blacknail.

pS ‘WapsworTi oeYou're rights.

with one accord, they all turn. and race out ef the Dining Room.

AR ‘Lightningspeed, they cross the Hall.

453 ‘DS._E srupy, (shooting in ALL DIRECTIONS)

They areal.crowdedintothe.Study. The corpses ofmR BODDY and

oresege*

theCOOK arestillwhere theywereleft afterthe COPsaw them. WADSWORTH f7tsineachchair: inturn ashePSays?

LOO Er

153 CONTINUED: ons

WADSWORTH) TUM GETTING THERE, TIM GETTING: THERE! -

Mr’, -Boddy-came~to-get-his-surprise- | , Packages-frometherHall-

By now WADSWORTH is in. the Hall, miming collecting the packages. (low angle shot from. STEPS ; - | ; outside STUDY)

155 BE. SrUDT (shooting in ALL, DIRECTIONS)

“WADSWORTH ~and~you-opened-your-presents.

By now he ais‘travelling almost at .the speed of sound. WADSWORTH Miss-Scarlet-got-a-carndlestick-and-Mrs- White-got-a-rope~and-Colonel-Mustard- got-a-wrench-and-Mr. -Green-got~a-lead- pipe-and-Mrs. _eacock-got~-a-dagger-and-~ - Professor Plum-got-a-gun-. Then-Mr.- _ Boddy-switched-out-the-lights> —

He switches out the lights. They all scream. The lights are switched on. WADSWORTH lies prone on the floor.

| GOOD cop! :

“They ‘stareat WADSWORTH, aghast! suddenty, ‘WADSWORTH 7 sits Up. He Falke atnormal speed. —

- WADSWORTH : | . ‘That's right. Mr.. Boddy ey here, apparently dead. |

‘155 INT. THE STUDY See SO 100 F

NSae

3 PROFESSOR PLUM He was dead. I examined him.

WADSWORTH jumps up. WADSWORTH |

Then why was Mr. Boddy bashed on © the head with thecandlestick a few minutes later, if he was dead already?

| -PROPZSECR PLUM Howshould I know? |

(CONTINUED).

Seperateey Re

156 ‘CONTINUED: —

ee at him accusingly.

piece PROFESSOR PLUM. I dia not! .

oo! | ‘WADSWORTH Why not.admit it?

|MISS”SCARLET | Doctors, like the Pope, never | -admit a professional |mistake ‘or. a % sexual indiscretion.—

ace eaeWADSWORTH © Te you didn' t make a mistake, you were lying -- which looks very bad for you.

PROFESSOR PLUM stares at the ring. of accusing faces. He shrugs. |

| a PROFESSOR PLUM “okay, I made a mistake.

oe mo WADSWORTH ; Right. But if so, why was Mr. Boddy pretendingto be dead? -- it could only be because he ~ realized that his scheme had | misfired and that the qengnot was” intended to. killhim: -- not. me. Look. | .

He pulls MR. “Boppy s head forward, -and points. to his |ear. There is a slight graze on it. (This should have been > visible to the highly observant viewer sometime earlier in the film. ) 7 | oe

:

ae ‘PROFESSOR PLUM.

aBe Sowhoever grabbed the gun from me

in the dark.was trying to kill him.

156 CONTINUED (2):

oN SE WADSWORTH eS Nt re | “But remember what happened

next?

WADSWORTH up to “full “speed.

He takes a ‘drink like MRS. PEACOCK. :

|WADSWORTH | , (continuing) -you-said-maybe-it' s~poisoned,- ~she~screams~ _

He screams. |

He drops the glass. .

_. He takes MRS PEACOCK to the sofa.

‘WADSWORTH , (continuing) | she’‘s-still-screaming,-Mr.- /Skeen=slaps-her-face- 7

He slaps. MRS. PEACOCK’‘Ss face.

"WADSWORTH | — (continuing) . ~then-we-heard-more-screaming- |

_Green~screamed-and-Colonel-Mustard _ 7~slapped-him-

Be slaps MR. GREEN! s face. — |

| WADSWORTH oo

free rae (continuing) a ee os ~and-we-rushed-out-

He is gone.

103.)

157. | INT. HALL -

WADSWORTH arrives at the BILLIARD: ROOMdoorway ‘by the OTHERS.

The. door is open.

; They are all standing in the doorway. WADSWORTH > turns to them. Back to normal speed, he intones— | with significance.

-WADWWORTH F a But one-of us wasn ' t here! .

-WADSWORTH No, Maybe one of us was murdering the Cook! Who wasn't here, with us?

- They all look around. None of them can remeber. (But the observant viewer might be able to if> he/she — thinksback to the relevant moment -- who: wasn ' t on camera?)

“BILLIARD ROOM door)

oe WADSWORTH _ (continuing)

panicking, oneof us ‘could have _ Stayed in, the study soe

ge | | | WADSWORTH ‘\ , (ee (continuing) Neewe aa os. «picked up the knife...

_ WADSWORTH (continuing) ee » Yan down the Hall 7

159 _ INT. KITCHEN (shooting towards DINING ROOM)

‘WADSWORTH | (continuing) | ee - and stabbed the.Cook.

He enters the Kitchen. “They follow.

- ‘WADSWORTH | Not if they used this secret ; Passage. eens

po | Be pushes it, and all ‘except COLONEL MUSTARD and

- WADSWORTH (continuing) oe --- and the murderer van back down the secret passage ‘to the Study.

«159A. INT. “LOBBY OUTSIDE KITCHEN (shooting towards “RITCHEN, oe ONT, | . ae ‘Panning »towards FRONT DOOR)

bo 6 ee a MRS. WHITE | rere aeee Is that where it comes out?

WADSWORTH : Yes. Look!

--1600—sINT.THESTUDY.

WADSWORTHenters, followed by:the OTHERS. He shows. ;

them the Study - entranceto the ‘secret passage.

eee | -- QOLONEL MUSTARD oe eo nae How did you know? : Oe

ce They all stare.at WADSWORTH. ee eee

7 | oo - CONTINUED

160(CONTINUED)

"WADSWORTH

é

This house belongs to a friend

ceiH‘. of mine. I've known all along.

MR. GREEN _ So you could be the murderer!

WADSWORTH laughs.

WADSWORTH

Don''t beridiculous. If I was the. murderer, why would I. revealto you how I did “it?

et ee ee they nod.

MR, GREEN 7 Well . +» .who else knew about | this secret. passage?

-COLONEL MUSTARD on Wefound it. Miss Scarlet and me..

COLONELee But I didn’t!

He has no answer to that. But WADSWORTH has.

‘WADSWORTH | Because.he was definitely with us all in. the Billiard Room doorway while Yvette > owas ‘screaming. Don"t you remember?

She nods.

they all fall silent, staring at each other with mutual suspicion. oe |

- MRS. “PEACOCK But what I don't understand is, ‘why was the Cook murdered? She had nothing to do with Mr. Boddy.

160 CONTINUED:

‘ er . | . WADSWORTH SN | O£ course she did! I gathered

you all here together because you were all implicated in . Mr. Boddy's dastardly blackmail. Did none of you deduce that the others were involved too?

“They.are all amazed. |

Cee es . 2 a [ori SareeES i ey NO. |

| -WADSWORTH |

| : | — . Phat's how he got all his information. eee oe | - Before he could blackmail ‘anyone, | ne — Mr. Boddy had to find out their guilty

-gecret. The Cook and Yvette were his accomplices.

on COLONEL MUSTARD -I-see! So whoever knew that the Cook was involved, killed her.

on ‘WADSWORTH | Yes. =z know -- because r was. Mr. - Boddy's butler -- that the Cook had worked for one of. you.

Who? | Hose a

‘WADSWORTH (turns to see MRS. WHITE) You recognized Yvette, didn:‘t you? Don ' tdeny it.

| MRS. WHITE oeas Un What do you mean, don't deny ait. [oe ee ato t!m not denyinganything.

| | WADSWORTH

ee TADSWORTE: That! s another denial!

(CONTINUED) ©

106A

160 CONTINUED:

Se MRS. WHITE | | All right! It's true I knew Yvette -- myhusband had an affair with her.— But I didn't care, I wasn't jealous.

WADSWORTH crosses to MISS SCARLET.

‘

—.(CONTINUED)

(107.

160 CONTINUED | sagweBySthao illZe. ‘aua ‘ WADSWORTH

And youu knew Yvette too, didn’*- you?

Yes. -Sheworked for me.

MRS. PEACOCK'S eyes open wide.

WADSWORTH | And you also. knew her, ‘sir?

He looks at COLONEL MUSTARD. “COLONEL MUSTARD |swallow, nervously. — | |

me | -COLONEL ‘MUSTARD - | What. are you suggesting? oe

“WADSWORTH “(aceusingly) | | | - We have already established that a you were one of Miss Scarlet'Ss ¢lients. That was why you were so desperate to get those negatives. Photographs of you and Yvette in flagrante delicto, remember?

7 COLONEL MUSTARD | Mr. Boddy threatened to send the pictures to my dear old mother. — The shock would have killed |her. | .

MRS. WHITE | That would have been quite an -achievement mince: she'sdead already.

oe COLONEL MUSTARD looks.very.shifty.

MRS. WHITE me | (points at COLONEL MUSTARD) ‘Sohe had the: motive.

| ‘WADSWORTH You all had a motive. (The is back to top speed) | _ So-the-Cook-was-dead, -we~lugged- : , her-back-to-the-Study-and-=Mrs.~ | - Peacock-was-screaming- — |

+ OkNy WADSWORTH is arriving at the toilet. He screams and throws open the door of the toilet. iaifi

(CONTINUED) >

160 - CONTINUED:

‘WADSWORTH (continuing). Mr.~Boddy-dead- ~toilet-candlestick.

COLONEL MUSTARD | But when and where was Mr. Boddy killed?

(he throws. Mr. Green to the floor) | ~playing-dead-but-one-of-us-knows-. he's-still-alive. — e (he hauls Mr. Green. up) _.I-explained-that-I-was-Mr. -Boddy ' s- Butler-and-I'd-invited-you-here-and- we-realized-there-was-only-one-other- ‘person-in-the-house- . | (he points to the| kitchen) |

| They all rush out of the study. WADSWORTH leaps into the.secret passage.

OMITTED | 162_

hey all arrive ‘in the Kitchen, ‘stop dead. Then plucking up his courage MR. GREEN flings open the cupboard door and WADSWORTH, enacting the Cook's. death falls out into his arms?

_ MR. GREEN Aaaaagh:

"WADSWORTH Dh ene Bees oar | By |now she was dead. We laid her ‘down we - with our backs to the cupboard. One-of-us slipped-through~-the-same-secret-passage-

| 109

OC) MRS. PEACOCK

Again? eg

ees _ WADSWORTH ‘Ofcourse! Back=Tbo=the>study.

_ WADSWORTH rushes into the Study, ané over to the secret panel. As ever, he mimes this sequence as he describes it. They watch from the kitchen doorway. oe |

| Foe WADSWORTH | |

Meanwhile, Mr.~Boddy-had-been-on-the~floor.

He. throws MR. GREEN, on ‘the ‘floor again.

| -WADSWORTH (continuing) He-jumped-ip-. . .

He picks him ‘up again, and then discaras him by throwing him down again.

| WADSWORTH “(continuing) . The-murderer-came-out-of-the- secret-panel- oes

He does it.

Se WADSWORTH | ms oe _(continuing) _>picked-up-the-candlestick- eee

He mimes it. The he pushes MR. GREEN ‘outinto ‘the Hall.

He hits MR. GREEN. on the head and knocks him down again. MR. GREEN leaps up, breaking away from him.

LOQA..

164A CONTINUED:

ered eee BATHROOM)

WADSWORTH | Then-the-murderer-dragged-him- into-the-toilet.

WADSWORTH illustrates this by throwing a | _ gibbering MR. GREEN into the BATHROOM.

1210.

~~ 265 INT. THe KITCHEN eal

WADSWORTH

and-then-nonchalant1ly-rejoined-us- ; ot beside-the-Cook 's-body-in-the- eee kitchen. It-took-less-than-half- a~minute. “os

-COLCNEL MUSTARD | So who wasn't with -us the whole . ‘time in the:kitchen? =.

x WADSWORTH . Whoever it was is’ the murderer!

‘He races.past ‘them - EXITS:frame. A ek uae |

166 SINT, THE STUDY (shooting towards WEAPONS ‘CUPBOARD and

DOORWAYS)—

WADSWORTH ‘enters frame from the right, in front of the cupboard. : |

ao aa "WADSWORTH | 7 ~and-we=put=the-weapons~inithe-cupboard- Ds locked-it-ran-to-the-front~door- |

“They see him ‘coming and all hurry out aheadof him.

-167— INT.‘THE HALL panes | (Pan with groupfron ‘STUDY door to FRONT door) eee and back into the Hall, to the front door.

a "WADSWORTH ees: to-throw-away-the-key-

| He flings open the front door.

| L67A.. EXT. FRONT DOOR (Shooting towards house)

PROFESSOR PLUM _ We were all in a huddle. Any of us could've done that. es

| |WADSWORTH “Precisely! -

Heslams, the door shut. (CONTINUED)

iit.

IND. ‘THE HALL

| ‘MR.GREEN © Wait a minute! Colonel Mustard has a top secret Pentagon job, Mrs. White's husband was a nuclear physicist and Yvette | isa link between them.

| “PROFESSOR PLUM - Whatis your top secret job, Colonel?

| COLONEL MUSTARD (staggered) How did youknow that?

WADSWORTH oe Can you: keep a secret? -

MRS . WHITE ‘speaks, with mounting excitement. |

MRS. ‘WHITE : I begin to see how it was” done.

| ‘MRS. "PEACOCK : - Was ita plot between them, - Wadsworth, or did Colonel _ Mustard doit alone? :

COLONEL MUSTARD reacts.

oo WADSWORTH | | : We shall see. Let's look at the other murders.

: _ PROFESSOR PLUM Yes, it was bad luck for the Motorist that. he arrived at that moment. mee

| es WADSWORTH ! | ‘It wasn't luck. TI invited him.

(CONTINUED) _

167% CONTINUED

(2):

_ | ALL “You did?? ;

Of course. It's obvious. Everyone. here tonight was either Mr. Boddy's . victim-.or accomplice. Everyone who. has died gave him vital information about one of you. I got them here, so that they'd give evidence against Aim and force him ‘to confess.

MISS ‘SCARLET “So who knew the guy who came

_WADSWORTH waits a‘moment. then COLONEL MUSTARD speaks |again. | | |

| - COLONEL MUSTARD He was my driver during the war.

| ae WADSWORTH -

| reese mutes And.what was he holding over you? ae cee | (a beat). | | CME or do I have to tell them? —

| ‘COLONEL ‘MUSTARD| He knew, I wasa war ‘profiteer. _ - I stoleessential Air Force radio spare parts and sold them on the black market. That' s where I made all my money. 7 (emotionally) But that doesn't make me a murderer. — | - MRS. PEACOCK . A lot of our airmen died because their radios didn*t work. Was the-Policeman working for Mr. Boddy, too? .

; MISS SCARLET (quietly)| : |The cop was from Washington. He was in my pay. I bribed him once a week, so that I couldcarry on. - . business. Mr. Boday found out

“RS. PEACOCK os

éa ad appalled) | 7 a

\ L67B “CONTINUED:

Cw ae . (in mounting -horror)— - | And the Singing Telegram girl?

They all look at each,other, waiting for someone to confess. Pe .

167C +=EXT. FRONT DOORoe

‘PROFESSOR PLUM opens the door and looks down sadly at the dead|SINGING TELEGRAM GIRL.

-. PROFESSOR PLUM — She was my patient once. tT had .an affair with her. That's why I lost | my license. Mr. Boddy found that out too.

Sad pause. |

| | WADSWORTH

Let's. put her in the ‘Study with the’ others.

The THREE MEN pick her up.

167D «INT.“HALL EE OEE The. MEN carry her in. MRS. PEACOCK shuts the | CLO fron door -again. a 7 | , Ee OEE Ee oe WADSWORTH TE (continuing)

Get on with it.)

a 167E. “INT. ‘STUDY(low angle. at atdoorway, shooting towardsHall)

The SINGING ‘TELEGRAM flies through the air above the | - camera.

NEW ANGLE: |

The SINGING TELEGRAM lands on the sofa, shooting towards fireplace | or wall opposite.fizeplace.:

123A.

L67F INT. HALL ©

Sa

167F CONTINUED

WADSWORTH | I'll get to that. First, the murderer had to get the weapons. Easy...he'd stolen the key from my pocket, and we all followed> Colonel Mustard's suggestion that we split up and search the house.

| | MRS. PEACOCK’ That's right, it was Colonel Mustard ‘Ss.suggestion...

‘PROFESSOR PLUM And. after we split up there were four more murders.

COLONEL MUSTARD. makes no reply. . He just stares at them, Maintaining a dignified silence.

| WADSWORTH (grimly) | Indeed: So then we drew lots, we split up -- and one of us got away from his or her “partner -- and hurried | tothe Study.

He goes back to the Study, exiting frame.

“170, INT. THE STUDY (shooting towards DESK, FIREPLACE, and

WEAPONS CUPBOARD)

He enters frame and crosses to the desk.

(CONTINUED) _

“11s.

«1:70. “CONTINUED:

%. | MRS. WHITE aye

Where's the‘envelope now?

He goes to the fire and. ‘picks. out a burnt up envelope. ‘Bits of photographs crumble «as heexamines it. They are unrecognizable.

WADSWORTH| : (continuing) Then, -having-found-out-the- whole-story-the-murderer- opened~the-cupboard-with-the- . key-, took-out-the-wrench.

“rss SCARLET runs excitably to the ‘Lounge. The OTHERS follow to the doorway, and we PAN and see her through _ the doorway.

| “MISS SCARLET | : The Colonel Mustard found the secret

{ b A ‘passage from the Conservatory to the

,Loung <- where we found the Motorist _dead!

* L70A INT. HALL (PANNING from STUDY DOOR to FRONT. DOOR,to

LOUNGE DOOR)

WADSWORTH | | We-couldn' teget=-in. — So-Yvette-got-the- . gun-from-the~open-cupboard-shot-the-door=_ open. Bang! And-then-the-front=door® beli-rang-again. ne .

‘The FRONT DOOR BELL RINGS. They all look at each other, aghast. aoa a, . |

| ae ‘COLONEL MUSTARD | How:did you do that?

7 : WADSWORTH I aian't!

(CONTINUED) ©

1ll6é.

| 170A CONTINUED: (Nx | 7 | : LO MISS SCARLET ~ I don't believe this! I just

don't believe this is happening!

And she runs out of thestudy.

171 ~sOINT. /EXT. FRONT DOOR >

| MRS. PEACOCK has rushed to the front door. ‘She flings . it open. An earnest looking ELDERLY MAN is (standing there. He has pamphlets in his: hand. |

aes ELDERLY MAN Good evening. Have you ever given any thought to. the| Kingdom of Heaven?

“MRS. PEACOCK What?

The OTHERS are ALL WATCHING, memnezized

oars ELDERLY Repent. The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

‘MISSSCARLET -You |ain’"t just whistlin’ Dixie.

| : ELDERLY MAN” | “Armageddon is almost upon us.

MRS. PEACOCK | _ (screaming) | Go away! cae

| ELDERLY MAN - But your souls are in danger:

i ae ee MRS. PEACOCK eee HS es (completely bananas) : Be Ee Le ead Our lives. are in danger. GET LOS

|eee |

lly.

‘171 CONTINUED:

C | And she SLAMS the DOOR in the ELDERLY MAN's face. | Then turns, panting, leaning against the door, emotionally wrung out.

oe oe eas eee - WADSWORTH eee ee . The-Cop-arrived-next.-.We-locked-

him-In-the-Library ees |

WADSWORTH enters FRAME RIGHT.

He has demonstrated all of this. at truly phenomenal | oe | speed. |

ee «A71B. INT. HALL (camera is INSIDE CELLAR DOOR) |

‘WADSWORTH (continuing) : eo8 We-split-up-again eae

aoe ss He “runs to.‘the top. of the Cellar stairs. And THERE | ne is the MAIN ELECTRICITY SWITCH. So

He. switches it off. They all SCREAM! He switches it

back: on again. | Oe

3 POINT FOR ALL, ENDINGS.

(A) “171¢ INT. HALL (shooting in ALL directions)

WADSWORTH demonstrates and mimes the whole of the

next speech as he describes what happened.

oe WADSWORTH © (continuing) In-the-dark-the-murderer-ran-from- ne

BO : ..- ARere-across-the-hall-to-the-Study,- ype”. att : —~. gets=-the-rope-and-the-lead-pipe. | ns He-ran-to-the-Billiard-Room-strangled a nae oe oe oe eetteem | ere MORE) (CONTINUED)

(A) 171¢ CONTINUED (2):

_WADSWORTH (CONT'D) | (he half throttles MRS. WHITE, .asMR. .GREEN ducks for cover) ~Ran-to-the-Library- ...

MR. GREEN DUCKS out of the way again.

A pause, as this last remark sinks slowly’ in.

' WADSWORTH> No -- but.you were!

A dramatic pause. a

; MRS. PEACOCK Me? What's it got to do with me?

|COLONEL MUSTARD | ‘The finger of Suspicion points at —you. | oo

_ (CONTINUED)

(A) 118A.

(A) 171C CONTINUED:

ae | WADSWORTH , oe ae | -You-murdered them all. You were

‘the person who was missing ‘when ‘the Cook:and Mr. Boddy were: murdered! And the Cook used tc be your:Cook -- don't you:remember your:fatal mistake? -- you told us © all -at dinner that -wewere eating- one of your favorite recipes. |

(MORE) |

(A) 4.19.

(A) 171¢ _ CONTINUED

‘MR. GREEN Is’ that what we ate?

- He looks as ‘though he' s_going to throw up.

a | "MISS SCARLET Are there any brains to be found in Washington, D.C.?

MRS. ‘PEACOCK Why would I have murdered | all the others?

, WADSWORTH Obviously -- in case Mr. Boddy > fad told them about you too.

- PROFESSOR PLUM So it was all nothing to do with the disappearing muclear physicist and Colonel Mustard's work on the new fusion bomb.

"WADSWORTH No <= Communism was just .ared — herring. Mrs. Peacock did it all.

-WADSWORTH Very. well. The gun is missing. Gentlemen, turn out your pockets. -~ ladies, empty your purses. | _ Whoever has the gun is-the - murderer.

MRS. PEACOCK suddenly predices sie from her.purse.

oe MRS. PEACOCK ‘Very well. What do you propose to do about it?

The OTHERS back ‘away ‘from her nervouslyinto a corner. ALL except WADSWORTH.

(A) L71C CONTINUED : a Cs

as MRS. PEACOCK

— iz

Nothing? — -

| WADSWORTH | “Why‘ghould the police come? Nobody's called them. |

EVERYONE is astonished.

ee eee ow MRS. PEACOCK ae Youmean... ?

-. WADSWORTH (smiles) That's right. Now, I suggest we stack all the bodies in the _ Cellar, lock it, leave quietly one at a time and forget that. any of this ever.happened.

He: moves towards the study door. MRS. PEACOCK ‘steps forward, gesturing menacingly with thegun. |

Ee AS MRS. ‘PEACOCK eee Good idea. “ButI'1l.leave first, — ‘if you‘don't mind. |

_. WADSWORTH Be my guest. -I think we all Owe you a vote of thanks.

MRS. PEACOCK slowly and carefully, gun trained on them, walks) backwards to the frontdoor. |

WADSWORTH starts SINGING. |

| | | (CONTINUED)

(A) 12‘alia3

(A) 71 CONTINUED (5):

eect WADSWORTH

FOR SHE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW, FOR. SHE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW...

And slowly the OTHERS join in.

| ALL© FOR SHE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW - AND. SO SAYALL OF US, AND SOSAY ALL OF US, AND SO SAY ALL OF US, FOR SHE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW...

And MRS. PEACOCK is out of the front door.

172 OMITTED

COLONEL MUSTARD, PROFESSOR PLUM, MRS. WHITE, MISS SCARLET, and MR. GREEN are ‘Staring in amazement at | WADSWORTH.

WADSWORTH > Theout sath takecare:of that. _

COLONEL ‘MUSTARD You mean... } WADSWORTH ‘My phone call from Mr. Hoover. I work for him, of course. How -. else could I have‘xnown all about “you all? |

(A) 122

(A) 173 ‘CONTINUED:

sees

‘COLONEL MUSTARD Who was Mrs. Peacock taking bribes from? |

‘PROFESSOR PLUM is there ‘going to be a cover-up?

“PROFESSOR PLUM But does the FBI make a habit of cleaning up after multiple murder?

Yes “- why do you you think it's run by a man called Hoover?

MRS. PEACOCK comes out of the front door, backing away with the gun. Suddenly the ELDERLY EVANGELIST appears ‘behind her, frombehind the porch.

175° OMITTED

176 OMITTED EXT. _ DRIVEWAY

- ELDERLY EVANGELIST Why are you holding a gun?

MRS. ‘PEACOCK is embarrassed to be caught |red-handed with the gun.

| | (A) 123. |

(A) 176 ‘CONTINUED:

CN : | MRS. PEACOCK al | : Oh!

| | (affecting surprise) | So I.-am. Well, it's dangerous out here, it's so isolated.

ELDERLY EVANGALIST ; Is. that thing. registered? |

: MRS. PEACOCK | I don' t ‘know.it's not mine.

| ELDERLY EVANGALIST You don’ t need ‘that.swaapon.

one | MRS. PEACOCK No. t guess I don't.

She puts it down on the stonebalustrade and walks: to her car. CAMERA MOVES WITH her. She opens her car door. | We have PANNED to exclude the EVANGELIST from the shot.

| | ELDERLY. ‘EVANGALIST(0.8.2) ©

- | Oh, Mrs. Peacock.

She turns, intrigued.

) | | | : ELDERLY EVANGALIST ‘oe | The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

And he FIRES THE REVOLVER at her. “BANG! | Surprised, ‘she collapses OUT OF FRAME, dead. The ELDERLY EVANGALIST twirls the gun around his finger like a cowboy hero. Bright. gearchlights light up the drive.

-. FBI AGENTS, guns in hand. — aaeee ne,

- ELDERLY EVANGALIST (continuing; calling) © Wadsworth. | Allclear.

WADSWORTH and the OTHERS rush out into the porch.

po | eee -BLDERLY EVANGALIST eee . a oe (continuing) - oo a ee I got her. “She who lives by the gun eee _ shall die by the’ gun.

eee a . & Ae ee a eee(CONTINUED)

: (A) 124.

(A):176 CONTINUED

| -WADSWORTH {to the OTHERS) You see. Like the Mounties, we always get our man.

| ALL OH SHUT UP!!

BLACKOUT. —

END CREDITS:

: FADE OUT.

“HE END

You have justcompleted reading — Version A of CLUE...

However, this film has four separate last reels, each explaining the events of the film with a different solution.

The script is identical in all versions until one speech from “the bottom of page 117. There now -follows three others endings, with pages numbered B, C, and D,. respectfully.

(B) 117,

(ON @) az. ant. natn

(shooting in ALL DIRECTIONS)

oneattY

(B) 1218

‘WADSWORTH I‘m sorry, I..don'twant to frighten you.

| MR. GREEN | You!RE A BiT LATE FOR THAT:-

- WADSWORTH And then there:were three ‘more murders! —

He turns to PROFESSOR PLUM.

‘, difference between patients who

are alive or dead. You fired the gun at him in the dark and missed. So you pretended he was dead. That's how you were able to kill him later, unobserved.

_ MISS SCARLET That's right -- he was the missing. person in the Kitchen, after we found the Cook dead.

| MR. GREEN But he was with us in the Billiard Room when we found Yvette screaming. . If that's when the Cook was killed, how did he do it?

"WADSWORTH turns to face her.

(BB) 119

171 CONTINUED: ©

WADSWORTH > I expect you to believe it --— you killed the Cook. She used to be your Cook -~-and she informed on you to Mr. Boddy. She made a fatal error. Don't you remember?

He runs to the Dining Room. — They follow.

(B) 172 INT. DINING ROOM (shooting towards. KITCHEN END) |

| ‘WADSWORTH . | Sitting ‘here, at dinner. She told us all that she was eating oneOf _her favorite recipes. — (significantly) | And monkies' brins, though popular in Cantonese cuisine,are not often fo be found in Washington, D. Ce

7 MR. -GREEN | Is that what we ate? .

He. looks as“though heis going to. ‘throw up.

| MRS. WHITE | - Are there any brains to be found in Washington, DD.C.?

| WADSWORTH exits from the Dining Room at high. speedy dragging COLONEL :MUSTARD.

(B) 173 EXT. FRONT DOOR Asheoting. IN through PRONT DOOR) |

WADSWORTH | | eeeWhen-you-saw-the-Motorist-at- | | the-front-door-you~took=the-key-to- © ‘the-weapons-cupboard-out-of-my-rocket-...

(B) 173A ‘IND. LEpRARY (shooting away from fireplace)

WADSWORTH

se rmndROPSHPHAGSLetea-that-we-all | split-up-...

(B) 1733 INT. STUDY, (shooting towards | cupboard)

(continuing) © ewe you-separated-from-Miss-Scarlet,- - -erossed-the-Hall,-opened-the-cupboard- _ took-the-wrench-ran-to-the-conservatory..- a | u | |__AMORE) |

“(CowrzvED)

(B) 120

(B) 173c INT. LOUNGE (PANNING from fireplace to telephone table)

ONa ...entered- -the-Lounge-through-the-

-secret-passage-killed-the-Motorist- - with-a-blow-on-the-head.

- (B) (173D. j§$INT.HALL

; MRS. WHITE This is incredible.

Picking up WADSWORTH as he races from one to then next. The .OTHERS simply remain, dumbfounded, in the Hall.

WADSWORTH | Not so incredible as what happened next. When we all split up agin I -. went upstairs with you. Yes,

* vem White.

(he pulls her all around with

-And-while-I-was-in-the-Master-Bedroom- _ youshurried-downstairs-and-turned-

aT, - off-the-electricity-...

maiaammmmamacassaasaammmnasataasaaaaassaanadiale enamaan y,é

_WADSWORTH |

Taceaprrepraneremaavensapruner |

(continuing)

cupboard-...

(B) 174A INT. HALL (shooting through BILLIARD ROOM doors)

| MRS. WHITE (triumphantly) Yes. I did it, I killed Yvette. I hated cher. — Tee ens

cas she'd been. bribing|on the head with the Sacco

lead pipe.

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(B) 1204

{B )‘L74A.CONTINUED:

WADSWORTH >has actedoutthe whole of the previous speech at virtually the speed of sound -~ if not light! Only the actions are intelligible -- only a few of the words can be understood, names and weapons mainly. They gaze at him, dumb founded.

Yn

(B) 121

(B) 174A CONTINUED:

foe ee MISS SCARLET ~ = a (with admiration)

True. Who.are you, Perry Mason?

MR. ‘GREEN I didn't do i

| ‘COLONEL MUSTARD You're the only one Left.

| ‘GREEN| But I didn! t-ao“ith The gun is missing -- whoever has the gun shot the girl. —

WADSWORTH suddenly produces the gun from his pocket.

They all back away into a corner, frighttened.

cee ALL

| You??

WADSWORTH smiles.

MR. GREEN © So it was you. I was going to expose"you.

; So _ WADSWORTH

I know. So. r choose toexpose: myself. |

sacar MUSTARD - Please, there are ladies present:+

; WADSWORTH You.thought. Mr. Boddy was dead. But - why? None of you even met him -_sete tonight. | :

may . (GREEN | You!re Mr. poday'!

ares bod 7 WADSWORTH nods, with an evil smile. They all gasp, in -horror! PROFESSOR PLUM is puzzled. He indicates the first body in the Study. es Oe ES

(B) 122

Ny TAM CONEESTED *(2)

SS re PROFESSOR PLUM _ an a , ‘Sowho did I kill?

Co WADSWORTH My butler.

COLONEL MUSTARD sits.

- WADSWORTH No -- Communism was just a red herring.

MR. GREEN looks = watch.

GREEN ; The police will “be here any minute. You'll never get away with this,. any of you.

WADSWORTH smiles.

| a MRS. ‘PEACOCK realizes that it was WADSWORTH who claimed Cc} that he had sent for the police.

oo | MRS. PEACOCK ©

You mean... oh my God, of course:

—(B) 123

(B) 174A CONTINUED

res Tide ‘WADSWORTH wT (to MR. GREEN) _ | Tiere ‘So why shouldn't we get away cau with it? We'll stack all the — bodies in the Cellar, lock it, leave quietly one at a time and forget that any of this ever _ happened. ©

; | WADSWORTH Of course. |why not?

He produces a gun, and FIRES it as he simultaneously dives to the floor. WADSWORTH FIRES at him and misses -- but MR. GREEN has hit WADSWORTH ‘and WADSWORTH keels over, dead. MR. GREEN stands up.

| MRS. WHITE” Are you a cop?

an el (he flashes a badge) iee at FBI. That phone call from J. a Edgar Hoover was forrme. -I told ac eat you t didn' € doit: ,

There is a burst of GUNFIRE at the front door. - The ELDERLYEVANELIST bursts in, plus MANY COPS. I The COPS rush in, and arrest all except MR. GREEN.

-(CONTINUED)

| -(B) 124

os | | : a ELDERLY EVANGELIST ante oe | : Who done it? | eer

(each pointing at one

| or two of the others)|

He/she/they di

| | | Canara | | The COPS wave their guns wildly and indecisively from | one suspect to another, not knowing who to aim at.

| “MR.-GREEN

They all did! ~ eS

ae ae oe - (proudly) pots | ee But if you want to know who — | eae eee > killed Mr. Boddy...

(he indicates WADSWORTH) I did -- in the Hall, with. the -Yevolver. Okay Chief? Take ‘em away. I'm going to ‘go home andsleep with my wife. — . | _BLACKOUT:

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And now, the. third ending, which continues on after one speech from the bottom of page ‘117of the main script.

The third ending is: numbered with Ccpages.

(shooting in ALLDIRECTIONS)

_ WADSWORTH (continuing) _ In-the+dark-the-murderer-ran- from-here-across-the-hall-to- the-Study, -gets-the-rope-and- - the-lead-pipe. He-ran-to the~Billiard-Room-strangled- Yvette-

(MORE)

— (C) 118

THE. THIRDENDING

SC) 17,0COXINT.HALL

‘WADSWORTH demonstrates and mimes the whole of the next speech as he describes what happened. ee |

_. WADSWORTH -‘In-the-dark-the-murderer-runs- _ from-here-across-the-Hall-to- the-Study, -gets-the-rope-and- the-lead-pipe. He-ran-tto-the ~Billiard- Room - and-strangled-Yvette- — | vran-across-to-the~Library-and-hit- ‘the-Cop-with-the-lead-pipe- Then-coming-out-of-the- Library-he-saw-automobile-_— lights-coming-up-the-drive-

oe | | Itewas-the-Singing-Telegram. | ns | .- Pheemurderer-picked-up-the-

gun-where-Yvette-left-it-here- -beside-the-Lounge-door-opened-

| -che-front-door-recognized-the- | singing-girl-from-her-photograph-.

and-shot-her!! Then-ran-back- to-the-Cellar!

A pause, as this last remark sinks slowly in.

os ae | - THE Cellar??.

| | WADSWORTH 'Yes.

-No -= but you were!

ee MRS. PEACOCK Me? What's it got to do with me? . ae

(CONTINUED) ©

eee (C) 119-

(C) 171 CONTINUED -(3) : Ee |

: os WADSWORTH TON oe ee You did it! .You and -Professor Ne . Plum together. You were in.

league with each |other.

The OTHERS gasp, astounded. ‘WADSWORTH explains to. then.

WADSWORTH eee oe | (continuing) : | : ae 7 Think back! Mrs. Peacock was — missing when the Cook and Mr. -Boddy: weremurdered! And the _ Cook used to be your cook -- —

os | ‘don't you remember |your fatal ce | 7 een mistake?

He runs to the Dining Room. chey folio.

WADSWORTH sits in MRS. PEACOCK's chair.

WADSWORTH a ‘ Sitting here, you told‘us all> at dinner that we were eating © one of your favorite recipes. ... (significantly) | But monkies' brains, though popular in Cantonese cuisine, are not often to be found in Washington, ‘D.C. |

eae he is going to throw up.

: ‘MISS SCARLET “Are there any brains to be me found in Washington, D.C.

MRS. PEACOCK is trembling with anxiety.

: | MRS. PEACOCK She was my cook. I don't deny it. “That doesn't prove I murdered anyone. oa

et

(CONPINOED)

(Cc) 172° CONTINUED:

“WADSWORTH turns on PROFESSOR PLUM.

MR. ‘GREEN. “$0 it was all nothing to do with the disappearing nuclear physicist and Colonel Mustard's work on the new fusion bomb.

‘MRS. WHITE is ‘still puzzled.

aad vanchen ence econ PLUM We didn’ t::

WADSWORTH ignores their denials.

_WADSWORTH - There's no other possible explanation. ooo |

PROFESSOR PLUM is thinking fast.

L21

—§(C) 172» CONTINUED F

a | a ss PROFESSOR PLUM ney heaee , : I think there is.

Tan aiiag doar theo * 8 ising Roomy through the swing door into... .

(c) 173 INT. THE KITCHEN (shooting inALL DIRECTIONS)

o 0% PROFESSOR PLUM comes into the Kitchen, the OTHERS. behind, agog, hanging:on his every word.

PROFESSOR PUM stares into the. Kitchen cupboard, then turns to face WADSWORTH.

PROFESSOR ‘PLUM I think there is.Wadsworth, you knew about the. secret passayes. And...

He crosses to the Kitchen table.

‘PROFESSOR PLUM| (continuing) «+. when we drewlots ou held

7 the matchsticks in your hand -- si | | you could have made sure we | a) | | went to the Cellar together.

a | ore | WADSWORTH | ees . (angrily) po . | (No, it isn't! we |

| | -PROFESSOR PLUM remains calm. ‘He smiles.

| ae -- PROFESSOR PLUM |

r'il tell you how we find out. The gun's missing, right? Everybody

| turn out their pockets and purses --.

whoever's got the gun, shot the Singing Telegram.

| WADSWORTH“suddenly produces the gun from his pocket .

| | oe ee ts oe danomars on | Very clever, Professor. mal oa | eee a

| (CONTINUED)|

| (c) 122

(Cc)173. CONTINUED:

Lo | The OTHERS stand back, aghast! MISS SCARLET stares at WADSWORTH. | :

| PROFESSOR PLUM | (quietly) , | He killed all of them.

MR. GREEN is one step behind.

MR. GREEN ° He -did??

COLONEL MUSTARD steps forward, thinking furiously.

‘WADSWORTH smiles.

| MRS. WHITE well, the police'll be here any minute -- you'll never get away with this.

ra Na Pe (CONTINUED)

(c) 123

—(C)173. CONTINUED (2): om. ‘ io WADSWORTH Ssel?foo

(smiling) Why should the police come? Nobody ' sSalled. them.

; MISS.‘SCARLET. (a. sudden realization) Oh my God, of course not:

ee WADSWORTH Would you believe me if I said it was to rid the world of an appalling blackmailer and his. disgusting informers? _

| PROFESSOR PLUM But you didn't commit the perfect murder. There are six witnesses to your confession. —

- WADSWORTH Not for long, Professor. When the police eventually get here they'll. find twelve. bodies” -— and no cert explanation. | | :

(CONTINUED) —

(¢) 173 CONTINUED (3): X

WADSWORTH laughs like a maniac.. Clearly he has ‘flipsed his iid.

oe WADSWORTH. Phe champagne was poisoned: — If you don't get an antidote in three hours, you'll die. All of you. And I'm — leaving now <= and locking you in.

He laughs maniacally and runs out of thekitchen.

(C) 174 INT. THE LOUNGE (shooting towards doors and telephone table)|

‘WADSWORTH runs in.

- WADSWORTH ‘There's no escape: .

Be rips the telephone cord off ‘the wall.

~ — RADSWORTE - _(continuing) aha

(C) 174A INT. HALL (Rotting towards DINING ROOM)

The OTHERS have followed into the Hall and watch him with horror. WADSWORTE flashes by (onroller skates)

4.7 Iv?. THE LIBRARY | | |

... WADSWORTH whizzes in, and rips the phone out of the floor

-. aeross | WADSWORTH races into . FRAME and rips out that phone too. zeturns in teiumph to the ‘OTHERS . | |

£ Ao,

(Cc)125_

176 ‘CONTINUED:

“The DOORBELL RINGS. They are all surprised -- cee and wary. , | | oes | |

"WADSWORTH Oe ee | , (continuing) oo - | ors ‘ Don't move -- any of you.

He tries to leave the room >

ee se You said don't move.

“(c) 177 INT. HALL (shooting in ALL DIRECTIONS)

- ‘WADSWORTH hurries’ to the front door,gun in hand. He opens the door. The ELDERLY EVANGELIST stands there.—

WADSWORTH reveals the gun.

‘The ELDERLY EVANGELIST lunges at WADSWORTH expertly; and

grabs his wrist. In the struggle the GUN GOES OFF.

SEVERAL COPS appear from just out of sight, and burst in, guns at the. ready, overpowering WADSWORTH. The STIX GUESTS |‘rushout into the ee

a SIX GUESTS ees . ‘Help! Help! / Get us to a ‘hospital! ne We've been poisoned! fete. | .

COPS | 7 Hands up! Get ‘em up!

They hola.all sIx GUESTS at. gunpoint, backs against the wall, frisking them. | COPS race into all the rooms.—

Simultaneously, THREE COPS burst out of the Lounge, the Billiard Room.and the Library respectively. oe

| THREE COPS

Venceseryse (to each . other; all together) There's a ‘body in there oe

(CONTINUED) =

(C) 126

‘CONTINUED:

Then they realize that the ‘other‘TWO COPS said the ‘very same words...They can't believe their.ears.

A COP shoots Sat 6 the Study.

| FIFTH COP |There's THREE BODIES IN THERE!!

| ss PHREE COPS : THREE MORE?

The ELDERLY EVANGELIST is holding WADSWORTH in a vice-like grip. oe

Gseicnrs Who are you?

The ELDERLY EVANGELIST and all the ‘COPS are surprised.

| SUDERLY EVANGELIST All of them??

It's true, it'strue,it was the - perfect murder. Let me show.you: how I did it.

Saget

(C) 177. CONTINUED (2):

‘Hepushes them all back and clears a big space. Ina. WIDE ANGLE LONG SHOT, WADSWORTH stands in the Hall, surrounded by the SIX GUESTS, and ALL THE COPS with | their guns trained on him. He starts retelling the story © at incredible speed! : ois

WADSWORTH has thrown open the front door. As all the -GUESTS and COPS watch him, mesmerized by the performance, WADSWORTH steps out onto the porch and SLAMS the FRONT DOOR SHUT.

(C) 178 EXT. FRONT DOOR - NIGHT

WADSWORTH locks the front door from the outside with his. ‘key.

(C) 179 INT. THE HALL |

os | 3 All the GUESTS and Cops rush to the frontdoor and beat | | , upon it furiously, ‘screamingto be let out.

(c) 180 ExT. 3FRONT DOOR - NIGET |

WADSWORTHraces down the front.steps. The rain has stopped. It is a clear moonlit night. He jumps into | the nearest: police car, starts the ENGINE and pulls away.

(C) 180A. ‘ExT, CONSERVATORY

As he disappears, “thie: GUESTS -

and COPS burst through the Conservatory glass, and ‘outinto the garden. :

{C)1g1 INT./ExT. THE POLICE CAR

WADSWORTH is driving.along, smiling. Suddenly he sniffs. (ye _ There is a familiar and unpleasant smell. Then he | \A hears a SOUND: .

(CONTINUED) -

,

(Cc)128.

(C) 181 CONTINUED:

JN, ne GERMAN “SHEPHERD(0-S.) ee eee eect Grrrr! cee ae

WADSWORTH looks in the rear-view mirror. ‘Teeth! Snapping! He turns, and there are the THREE DOGS, waiting to pounce. As they leap towards him...

BLACKOUT. .

END CREDITS:

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- And finally, the fourth ending ‘which continues on after one

mewn

speech from the bottom of page 117 of the main script. This fourth ending is numbered with D pages. :

Ns ()) -17LINT. HALL (shooting in ALL

DIRECTIONS)

*Pane!

(continuing) | -In-the-dark-the-murderer-ran- from-here-across-the~hall-to- - the-Study,-gets-the-rope-and- _the-lead-pipe. He-ran-to the-Billiard-Room-strangled- Yvette- | oe

(MORE)

—(D). 118

(D) 171 “CONTINUED:

Yi Ce ee ‘WADSWORTH c= co ee ne I'm sorry, I don't want to

MR. GREEN | YOU'RE A BIT LATE FOR THAT !

‘WADSWORTH And then there were three more murders!

ALL | | So which. of us killed them?

y. ALL OTs yvette?- |

WADSWORTH _ Yes, she was in the Billiard Room listening into our conversation.

WADSWORTH acts out his éyplanation as he speaks:

- ‘WADSWORTH | | She-heard-the-gunshot ,~she- thought -he- -was-dead-... |

(D) 172 “INT. “gTuDY (shooting towards door)

(DD) LLva.

(D) 172A INT. DINING -“-ROOM/ KITCHEN (shooting DINING ROOM towards”HALL, PANNING to see “, } KITCHEN through the PASS-THROUGH) |

a WADSWORTH

(continuing) ...ran-to-the-Kitchen-and-stabbed- the-Cook. We-didn'ee hear= the~ CookTMseream= ss

(D) 172B INT. STUDY (shooting towards DOOR)

-WADSWORTH (continuing) ...because-Mrs. -Peacock-.‘was-screaming- about-the-poisoned-brandy ee

—(D) «172 «INT.HALL (shooting ALL DIRECTIONS)

_WADSWORTH (continuing) | ...Then=-Yvette-returned-to-the- _. Billiard-Room,-she-screamed-and- —

pet ay:eae

“(p) 119

(D) 172CONTINUED:

en ooo 2 : MISS SCARLET cee ae You said before that that was ~ aa the time the Cook was killed.

_ WADSWORTH (enigmatically) I ‘have mymethods.

| COLONEL MUSTARD When did she kill Mr. Boddy?

‘When I said. We all ran to the Kitchen, to see the Cook. ‘She “stayed behind in the Study for. -a moment to check that Mr.|Boddy was dead. He opened his eyes so she hit him on the head with the — candlestick, and dragged him to the toilet. :

| MISS SCARLET Why? - | ene :

PROFESSOR ‘PLUM Why did she do it?

wae oe |

“WADSWORTH looks |‘at COLONEL. MUSTARD.

-WADSWORTH. Was it one of her clients? ‘(looksat MRS. WHITE) Or a jealous wife?

: - (looks at’ PROFESSOR PLUM)

ve Or an adulterous. doctor? No,

oy it was her employer -= ‘Miss

Searlet: oe,

He turns to MISS SCARLET. Saas MISS SCARLET stands, defiantly. oo : Se oS (CONTINUED)

(D) 120.

AD) 172C CONTINUED (.2)::

| | ‘MISS SCARLET It's a lie.

| WADSWORTH : Is it? You used her, the way you always used her. You killed the Motorist when we split up to search the house.

| MISS SCARLET How could I have known about the secret passage?

: WADSWORTH Easy. Yvette told you. And then, when we split up again, you | switchedoff the electricity. It was easy for you, here on the. | ground floor. Then-in-the-dark-you- Fan-to-the-Study. ..

WADSWORTH whizzes in and demonstrates.

WADSWORTH whizzes out.

(D) 174 “nen, sme wane (shooting towards DINING ROOM)

|WADSWORTHt Milazes past the SIX GUESTS. (Roller skates?)

175 “INT. THE BILLIARD ROOM (shooting towards window)

WADSWORTH. demonstrates.

WADSWORTH whizzes out.

WADSWORTH is beside the front door.

(CONTINUED) ~

(D) 121

| | (D) 176 CONTINUED:

ons | Def TS | WADSWORTH od aaa a ...Saw-the-automobile-lights,- | weeoe -picked-up-the-gun-where-Yvette-

dropped-it-opened-the-front-door- recognized-the-Singing-Telegram- from-her-photograph-and-shot~her.

| MISS SCARLET ‘You've no proof.

WADSWORTH a, The gun ismissing. Gentlemen, turn out your pockets, ladies | your purses. Whoever has the gun is the murderer.

MISS SCARLET suddenly produces the gun.

MIss ‘SCARLET "Brilliantly worked out, WADSWORTH. I. congratulate you. |

- COLONEL MUSTARD Here, here.

MISS SCARLET snarls. at him.

MISS’ SCARLET | -Shuttup!

a Ce A Se thing?

7 MP. GREEN Yes <---why did you do it? Half of Washington knows what kind of business you run -- you weren't in any real danger, the whole town would be. implicated if you were _ SEPOSEC. |

aoe . MISS. SCARLET | a don't. think they know my real business. My business is secrets. And Yvette found

oe | them out for me -- the secrets of Senator | , | oe a - Peacock's Defense Committee, of Colonel poSi os -. “- Mustard's fusion bomb, of Professor — - | Plums's U.N. contracts, and of the work

7 of your husband the nuclear ‘Physicist.

(D) 122.

(BD) 176 «= CONTINUED(2):

She is looking at MRS. WHITE.

MISS SCARLET laughs.

of a _oldest profession, I'm a capitalist.

I shall sell my secrets -- your “secrets -- to the highest bidder.

oo ‘PROFESSOR PLUM ~ You don!t know the kind of people they have at the UN. I might go up in their estimation.

| ALL Nor have I. |

cae | cos bcs (D) 123

(D) 176 CONTINUED “(3): ae |

“MISSSCARLET © I know, sweetie-pie- “-but ‘you can ‘payme in Government ‘information. oe (looks. around) ALL of you. _ -. (turns to WADSWORTH) . Except you, Wadsworth <—-you --. as amere butler, have no access to Government secrets. So I'm afraid your moment has come. —

She turns ‘the gun.on him. The OTHERS respond appropriately -- one or two watch with horror, others can't bear to look.

‘WADSWORTH — | Not so fast, Miss Scarlet. I ‘do have a secret |ortwo.

MISS SCARLET is unimpressed. Her finger is ready on the.Erigger. |

oan : ‘MISS SCARLET Oh yeah? © Such: as?

ae a WADSWORTH - The game's up, Scarlet...There's “no more bullets in that gun.

‘MISS SCARLET You think I'il fall for: thatold trick? ee

| WADSWORTH | It's not a trick. There was one shot at Mr. Boddy in the Study; two that shot down the chandelier; two at the Lounge door and one for _ the: Singing Telegram.

pee “MISS | SCARLET That’ snoteeee

“WADSWORTH - |One plus.two plus two plus one.

The OTHERS are watching, =- and counting furiously on . their ‘fingers. | |

pris gS oes Oe ee ae ee (CONTINUED)

| (D) 124

176 CONTINUED ©(4):

| MISS SCARLET Okay, one plus two plus... — The point is, there's one more. bullet in here and guess who" $sgonna get it:

The FRONT DOOR BELL RINGS. MISS SCARLET turns automatically toward the door. WADSWORTH leaps forward, ‘smashesthe gun out of her hand, and ‘holds. her in .a-vice-likegrip. MR. GREEN opens the front door and several FBI AGENTS and COPS burst in, guns in hand. OTHER:.AGENTSspread out into ‘variousroom ana reappear almost inmediately.

| THREE AGENTS. ‘(to each other, all together) ‘There’ sabody in there:

Then they realize that the oTHER TWO AGENTS said the very same words. They can't believe their ears.

A COP seer of the study.

| _ COP There'‘s THREE BODIES IN THERE!

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‘WADSWORTH Where '‘Ssthe Chief?

7 The ELDERLY | EVANGELIST strolls in through the front door, gun in hand. WADSWORTH still holds MISS SCARLET in the vice-like grip. a

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lane Os BE DERLY EVANGELIST Ney Os Ah, Wadsworth - well done. Te — | (turns to MISS SCARLET).

I did warn you, my dear. Mr. ‘Hoover is an expert on Armageddon. -

~MISS SCARLET turns_to WADSWORTH.

ee WADSWORTH ‘Frankly, Scarlet, I don't give a damn. (he raises his revolver) As I was trying to tell you, there were no bullets left. See?

He pulls the trigger. The GUN GOES OFF! “WADSWORTH is | shocked, then puzzled. | : 7

The other chandelier CRASHES down bening COLONEL MUSTARD.

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