Clue Page #14

PEACOCK:

Well, a lot of our airmen died because their radios didn't work!

Was the policeman working for Mr. Boddy, too?

SCARLET:

The cop was from Washington.

He was on my payroll. I bribed him once a week so I could

carry on with business. Mr. Boddy found out somehow . . .

PEACOCK:

(revolted)

Oh, my God . . .

SCARLET:

(annoyed)

Oh, please.

GREEN:

And . . . the singing telegram girl?

133 -- EXT. HILL HOUSE--FRONT DOOR--VIEW INSIDE -- 133

The rain has stopped.

The people open the door and look at the singing telegram girl's corpse.

PLUM:

(quietly)

She was my patient once.

I had an affair with her.

That's how I lost my license. Mr. Boddy found that out, too.

(solemn pause)

WADSWORTH:

Well . . .

(claps hands together)

Let's put her in the study with the others.

134 -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--THE STUDY -- 134

The men drop the singing telegram girl's body on the floor.

WADSWORTH:

So. Now you all know why they died.

Whoever killed Mr. Boddy also wanted his accomplices dead.

PLUM:

How did the murderer know about them all?

I mean, I admit that I had guessed that this young singer informed

on me to Mr. Boddy . . . but I didn't know anything about any of

you until this evening.

WADSWORTH:

First, the murder needed to get the weapons. Easy. He stole the

key from my pocket. And then we all followed Colonel Mustard's

suggestion that we split up and search the house.

PEACOCK:

That's right, it was Colonel Mustard's suggestion!

Col. Mustard cannot meet their eyes.

WADSWORTH:

And one of us got away from his or her partner and hurried

to the study. On the desk was the envelope from Mr. Boddy.

It contained photographs and letters--the evidence of Mr. Boddy's

network of informants.

WHITE:

Where is the envelope now?

WADSWORTH:

Gone. Destroyed.

(looks around, then steps to the fireplace)

Perhaps in the fire . . . .

(throws aside the grate)

The only possible place.

(pulls out the remnants of the tape made earlier)

Ah hah!

Then, having found out the whole story, the murderer went to

the cupboard, unlocked it with the key, took out the wrench--

SCARLET:

(breathless)

Then we found the secret passage from the conservatory to the

lounge . . . where we found the motorist dead!

135 -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--THE HALL -- 135

Wadsworth frantically acts out the next scene.

WADSWORTH:

That's right! And we couldn't get in.

So Yvette rain to the open cupboard,

and shot the door open. BANG!

And then, the doorbell rang!

The doorbell rings.

Everyone freezes in terror.

PEACOCK:

Oh, whoever it is, they gotta go away, or they'll be killed!

Ohhh!

Mrs. Peacock opens the front door.

A rather ELDERLY EVANGELIST stands outside, pamphlets in hand.

EVANGELIST:

(kindly)

Good evening.

Have you ever given any thought to the kingdom of heaven?

PEACOCK:

(stunned)

What?

EVANGELIST:

Repent. The kingdom of heaven IS at hand.

SCARLET:

You ain't just whistlin' Dixie.

EVANGELIST:

Armageddon is almost upon us.

PLUM:

I got news for you--it's already here!

Mrs. Peacock tries to shut the door on him.

PEACOCK:

Go away!

EVANGELIST:

But your souls are in danger!

PEACOCK:

Our lives our in danger, you beatnik!

She shuts the door on him, closing several of his pamphlets inside.

WADSWORTH:

(continuing as if nothing had happened)

The cop arrived next, we locked him in the library.

We forgot the cupboard with the weapons was now unlocked,

then we split up again, and the murderer switched off the electricity!

He does so.

Everything goes black.

GREEN (V.O.)

Oh, my God.

Mrs. White squeals.

PEACOCK (V.O.)

Not again.

SCARLET (V.O.)

(very annoyed)

Turn on the lights!!!

Wadsworth turns on the lights.

136 -- A -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--THE HALL -- A -- 136

WADSWORTH:

Sorry. Didn't mean to frighten you.

GREEN:

You're a bit late for that!

(to White)

I hate it when he does that!

She whimpers.

WADSWORTH:

Then there were three more murders.

WHITE:

So which of us killed them?

WADSWORTH:

None of us killed Mr. Boddy, or the cook.

GREEN and WHITE

So who did?

WADSWORTH:

The one person who wasn't with us.

The guests try to figure it out.

WADSWORTH:

Yvette.

ALL:

Yvette?!

WADSWORTH:

She was in the billiard room, listening to our conversation.

CUT TO:

Flashback of Yvette sitting on the pool table.

The following events transpire as Wadsworth describes them.

WADSWORTH (V.O.)

She heard the gunshot . . . she thought he was dead.

WADSWORTH (V.O.)

And while we all examined the bullet hole,

she crept into the study, picked up the dagger . . .

ran to the kitchen, and stabbed the cook.

Yvette stabs Mrs. Ho in the back.

WADSWORTH (V.O.)

We didn't hear the cook scream because Mrs. Peacock was

screaming about the "poisoned" brandy.

The, Yvette returned to the billiard room.

She screamed . . . .

And we all ran to her.

CUT TO:

Present, the hall.

MUSTARD:

Well, when did she kill Mr. Boddy?

WADSWORTH:

When I said.

We all ran to the kitchen to see the cook.

Yvette hid in the study to check that Mr. Boddy was dead.

CUT TO:

Flashback of Yvette hiding behind a chair in the lounge.

The following events transpire as Wadsworth descries them.

WADSWORTH:

He got up, and followed them down the hall,

so she hit him on the head with a candlestick,

and dragged him to the toilet.

CUT TO:

The present, in the Hall.

SCARLET:

Why?

WADSWORTH:

To create confusion!

PEACOCK:

It worked.

Col. Mustard nods.

PLUM:

Why did she do it?

WADSWORTH:

Was it because she was acting under orders?

From the person who later killed her.

PLUM:

Who?!

PEACOCK:

Who?!

SCARLET:

Who?!

WADSWORTH:

Was it one of her clients?

(turns to Col. Mustard)

Or was it a jealous wife?

(turns to Mrs. White)

Or an adulterous doctor?

(turns to Prof. Plum)

No.

It was her employer, Miss Scarlet.

SCARLET:

That'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.

SCARLET:

How could I have known about the secret passage?

WADSWORTH:

Easy. Yvette told you.

So when we split up again . . .

CUT TO:

Miss Scarlet, gloved, turning off the electricity.

WADSWORTH (V.O.)

. . . you switched off the electricity.

It was easy for you, here on the ground floor.

Then, in the dark, you got the lead pipe and the rope,

strangled Yvette, ran to the library, killed the cop,

picked up the gun where Yvette dropped it, opened the front door,

recognized the singing telegram from her photograph, and shot her.

CUT TO:

Present, the Hall.

SCARLET:

You've no proof.

WADSWORTH:

The gun is missing.

Gentlemen, turn out your pockets.

Ladies, empty your purses.

Whoever has the gun is the murderer.

They all do so.

Suddenly, Miss Scarlet pulls out the revolver.

She points it at him.

SCARLET:

(impressed)

Brilliantly worked out, Wadsworth. I congratulate you.

He shrugs off the praise.

Miss Scarlet starts to slowly make her way to the front door.

MUSTARD:

(very impressed)

Me too!

SCARLET:

(to Mustard)

Shut up!!

GREEN:

Now, there's one thing I don't understand.

PLUM:

ONE thing?

GREEN:

Why did you do it?

Half of Washington knows what kind of business you run.

You were in no real danger. The whole town would be implicated

if you were exposed.

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