Clue Page #10

SCARLET:

Maybe they'll just go away.

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The doorbell. It is still.

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The guests, still frozen.

The doorbell rings again.

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The doorbell ringing.

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The guests, quite disappointed.

GREEN:

I'm going to open it.

SCARLET:

Why?!

GREEN:

I have nothing to hide! I didn't do it!

(holding his hand out to Wadsworth)

The key.

Wadsworth hands the key to Mr. Green.

GREEN:

Thank you . . .

Mr. Green strides into the hall, followed by the rest of the party.

73 -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--THE HALL--FOYER -- 73

Mr. Green opens the door, revealing the Cop.

COP:

Good evening, sir.

The door closes in the Cop's face.

74 -- EXT. HILL HOUSE--PORCH--VIEW INSIDE -- 74

The door reopens.

GREEN:

Yes?

COP:

I found an abandoned car down near the gates of this house.

Did the driver come in here for any help, by any chance?

Everyone but Mr. Green insists that that was not the case.

GREEN:

Well, actually, yes.

ALL but GREEN

No.

COP:

There seems to be some kind of disagreement.

Everyone but Mr. Green again disagrees.

GREEN:

Yes.

COP:

(quite confused now)

Uh, can I come in and use your phone?

Wadsworth steps to the front door.

WADSWORTH:

Of course you may, sir.

You may use the one in the, um, no . . .

Uh, you could use the one in the st-- no . . .

Would you be kind enough to wait in the um, in the, em, library?

COP:

(very confused)

Sure.

75 -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--THE HALL -- 75

The Cop sees Yvette.

COP:

(to Yvette)

Don't I know you from someplace?

The maid shrugs.

COP:

(to group)

You all seem to be very anxious about something.

WADSWORTH:

It's the chandelier. It fell down. Almost killed us.

Would you like to come this way, please, sir?

Miss Scarlet closes the door to the study suddenly

and attempts to look nonchalant.

The Cop whirls at the sound.

Professor Plum does the same to the lounge door.

The Cop whirls again.

WADSWORTH:

Frightfully drafty, these old houses.

76 -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--LIBRARY -- 76

Wadsworth leads the Cop in and indicates the phone.

WADSWORTH:

Please help yourself to a drink, if you'd like.

The Cop reaches for the cognac.

WADSWORTH:

Not the cognac. Just in case.

The butler exists and closes the door.

COP:

Just in case of what?

77 -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--THE HALL -- 77

Wadsworth locks the door and turns to the assembled guests.

WADSWORTH:

(whispering)

What now?

77a -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--LIBRARY -- 77a

The Cop tries the door handle. It is, of course, locked.

77b -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--THE HALL -- 77b

GREEN:

We should have told him.

PEACOCK:

Oh, very well for you to say that now.

GREEN:

(defensively)

I said it then!

ALL:

Oh, shut up!

WADSWORTH:

(indicating the shattered chandelier)

Let's clean this up.

78 -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--LIBRARY -- 78

The Cop pauses at the door, then walks over to the phone.

He reaches for it, but it rings before he picks it up.

He answers the phone.

COP:

Hello?

78a -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--THE HALL -- 78a

All are still.

WADSWORTH:

Maybe the cop answered it . . .

78b -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--LIBRARY -- 78b

COP:

And who shall I say is calling?

(pauses)

Ah . . . will you hold on, please?

The Cop strides over to the library doors.

COP:

Let me out of here!

Let me out of here, you have no right to shut me in!

I'll book you for false arrest, and wrongful imprisonment,

and obstructing an officer in the course of his duty!

And murder!

79 -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--THE HALL -- 79

The door opens.

The party stands there, Wadsworth with broom in hand.

WADSWORTH:

What do you mean . . . "murder"?

COP:

I just said it so you'd open the door.

The guests sigh and laugh nervously.

COP:

What's going on around here? And why would you lock me in?

And why are you receiving phone calls from J. Edgar Hoover?

WADSWORTH:

J. Edgar Hoover?

COP:

That's right. The head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

MUSTARD:

Why is J. Edgar Hoover on your phone?

WADSWORTH:

I don't know.

He's on everybody else's, why shouldn't he be on mine?

(steps to the library door)

Excuse me.

Wadsworth enters, then closes and locks the door.

COP:

What's going on here?

Miss Scarlet drapes herself on the Cop.

SCARLET:

We're having a . . . party . . .

The guests laugh even more nervously than before.

COP:

Mind if I look around?

SCARLET:

Sure . . .

You can show him around, Mr. Green!

GREEN:

Me?

SCARLET:

Yes!

Uh, you can show him the . . .

. . . dining room . . . the kitchen . . . the ball room . . .

GREEN:

(stiffly)

Fine . . .

Fine . . . . Officer, um, come with me. I'll show you the . . . dining room . . .

. . . or the kitchen . . . or the ball room . . .

80 -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--DINING ROOM -- 80

The Cop raises the metal partition and looks into the kitchen.

81 -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--LOUNGE -- 81

SCARLET:

. . . make it look convincing.

82 -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--DINING ROOM -- 81

GREEN:

So! This is the dining room.

COP:

No kidding.

83 -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--LOUNGE -- 83

SCARLET:

Come on . . .

84 -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--DINING ROOM -- 84

COP:

What's going on in those two rooms?

GREEN:

Uh . . . which two rooms?

The Cop pushes past him and enters the hall.

84a -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--THE HALL -- 84a

A couple of guests run frantically across the Hall.

Just as they leave the room,

the Cop enters and points at the lounge and the study.

COP:

Those two rooms.

GREEN:

Oh . . . those two rooms . . .

COP:

Yes!

Mr. Green is at a loss.

The Cop strides toward the study door.

Mr. Green blocks the Cop's path.

GREEN:

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

COP:

Why not?

GREEN:

Uh . . .

The Cop dodges around Mr. Green.

The guest blocks the door to the study with his body.

GREEN:

Because it's . . . all too shocking!

The Cop throws Mr. Green aside.

85 -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--THE STUDY -- 85

Music can be heard in the background.

It's "Life Could Be a Dream," on a record player.

Mrs. White is on a couch on top of Mr. Boddy, using her hand to

move his arm against her and pretending to kiss him.

The Cop sees Col. Mustard and a woman apparently kissing against

the far wall, in a curtain.

The camera reveals that Mrs. Peacock is behind the curtain.

He hands are on Col. Mustard's back, but Mrs. Ho is propped up

between them.

COP:

(to Mr. Green)

It's not all that shocking.

These folks are just having a good time.

The Cop leaves to the hall. Mr. Green is surprised.

86 -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--THE LOUNGE -- 86

Miss Scarlet pours a drink into the Motorist's mouth.

The Motorist is propped up in a chair, drink in hand.

The music can still be heard, but faintly.

87 -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--THE STUDY -- 87

Col. Mustard and Mrs. Peacock roll Mrs. Ho on to the couch.

PEACOCK:

Oh, my God . . .

88 -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--THE LOUNGE -- 88

Just before the Cop enters, Prof. Plum takes Miss Scarlet on to

the couch and begins kissing her.

She has no choice but to follow his example.

The Cop comes in.

COP:

Excuse me?

The two "lovers" get up with a start.

The Cop notices the Motorist.

He leans into the dead man's face and sniffs.

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