Clue: The Storybook
It’s no secret that I love Clue the movie. But there were also some books written from the screenplay. Unfortunately, the movie wasn’t a big commercial success so the books were quickly discontinued and forgotten. This means that getting your hands on one of them is rather difficult – and expensive.
Thanks to an inter-library loan, however, I recently acquired a copy of Clue: The Storybook and did a page by page scan. I then combined them into a convenient PDF. I was actually surprised the in-book pictures weren’t actually the best quality, but the book itself is a fun, albeit abbreviated and simple, read.
Probably the most interesting part of the book is that it reveals a secret 4th ending that had been rumored at, but never filmed.
Where can you get your hands on a copy? How about downloading the scanned copy I made right here so you don’t have to pay hundreds of dollars. Enjoy!
Download a PDF copy of Clue: The Storybook here.
Clue: The Storybook
by Ann Matthews (Storybook Adaptor), Johnathan Lynn (Screenplay), John Landis (Story)
Published Dec 1, 1985
ISBN: 0671618679
ISBN13: 9780671618674
- ISBN-10: 0671618679
- ISBN-13: 978-0671618674
7 thoughts on “Clue: The Storybook”
Awesome! Thanks so much for doing this!
Any leads on the novelization?
I have the Michael McDowell novel myself. You can find copies on ebay occasionally for $100-$200 depending on condition.
However, you can listen to an amature reading of the whole audiobook version on youtube. Just be prepared for some mispronunciations and standard amature flubs.
The novelization is now free on Internet Archive!
https://mattfife.com/?p=6020
The fourth ending was filmed, but not edited & scrapped by director Jonathan Lynn, since it didn’t work,
& since the movie wasn’t a hit, all the footage is likely now gone & lost 🙁
John Cleese was the one who came up with the idea of turning Cluedo/Clue into a movie,
& wrote a script,
& he was going to play the butler,
but it was all re-written by Landis & Jonathan Lynn after Lynn came aboard