When Does the Film "Clue" (1985) Take Place?
"Clue: The Movie" is a comedy film written by John Landis with Jonathan Lynn [adapting "Cluedo" (1943) by Anthony E. Pratt] and released December 13th, 1985.
We know this because the film's earliest scene includes a place and time setting title card over the footage of Wadsworth arriving at the mansion. It merely says "New England 1954".
It takes place in the year:
1954 AD
We know this because the film's earliest scene includes a place and time setting title card over the footage of Wadsworth arriving at the mansion. It merely says "New England 1954".
The various blackmail plots the characters are trapped in also revolve around classic Cold War-era Red Scare plots.