Cluedo on Arte: Tim Curry in a mystery inspired by the board game

The rooms of the mansion, the weapons and suspects from the game become the elements of a film investigation. Cluedo, directed by Jonathan Lynn in 1985, is airing on Arte, with Tim Curry as the butler Wadsworth.

Six guests arrive under false identities for dinner at a secluded estate. Their host’s death forces the group, each member hiding something, to search for a culprit amid the clues and fresh revelations.

The film adapts the game created by Anthony E. Pratt rather than a detective novel. Jonathan Lynn wrote the screenplay based on a story devised with John Landis, with several possible endings. Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Brennan and Lesley Ann Warren make up part of the gathering of suspects.

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