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Mr. Boddy threatened to give my wife's name to the House Un-American Activities Committee unless she named them. She refused, so he blackmailed her.

7 seconds sound clip from the Clue (1985) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:33:04.825 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- But this is ridiculous. If he was such a patriotic American, why didn't he just report us to the authorities?

- He decided to put his information to good use and make a little money out of it. What could be more American than that?

- And what was your role in all this?

- I was a victim, too. At least, my wife was. She had friends who were socialists.

- Oh my God.

- Well, we all make mistakes.

- Mr. Boddy threatened to give my wife's name to the House Un-American Activities Committee unless she named them. She refused, so he blackmailed her.

- We had no money. And the price of his silence was that we work for him for nothing. We were slaves.

- Well, to make a long story short...

- Too late.

- The suicide of my wife preyed on my mind and created a sense of injustice in me.

- I resolved to put Mr. Boddy behind bars.

- It seemed to me the best way to do it and to free all of you from the same burden of blackmail was to get everyone face to face, confront Mr. Boddy with his crimes, and then turn him over to the police.

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Actors: Tim Curry (Wadsworth), Madeline Kahn (Mrs. White), Christopher Lloyd (Professor Plum), Martin Mull (Colonel Mustard), Lesley Ann Warren (Miss Scarlet), Michael McKean (Mr. Green), Eileen Brennan (Mrs. Peacock), Colleen Camp (Yvette)

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