From Family Game to Cult Film to 'Thirst Trap,' Clue Has Been Through It

The six suspects are, somehow, more iconic than the crime. There’s the femme fatale, the mutton-chopped military officer, the skittish housekeeper, the sinister businessman, the grande dame, and the absent-minded academic. You might know them better as Miss Scarlet, Colonel Mustard, Mrs. White, Mr. Green (or Reverend Green, a hypocritical Anglican priest, in the British version), Mrs. Peacock, and Professor Plum. They’re together one dark night in an estate called Tudor Mansion when its wealthy owner, Mr. Boddy (Dr. Black in England), turns up dead. You know the rest: rolls…

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