Editing Clue (film) (section)

===Novelizations===
The [[novelization]] based on the screenplay is by [[Michael McDowell (author)|Michael McDowell]]. Landis, Lynn, and [[Ann M. Martin|Ann Matthews]] wrote the youth adaptation ''Clue: The Storybook''. Both adaptations were published in 1985, and feature a fourth ending cut from the film:{{sfn|Matthews|Landis|Lynn|1985|pp=57-59}} in a variation on the-butler-did-it trope, Wadsworth explains how he killed Boddy and the other victims, then reveals to the guests that they've all been poisoned, leaving no witnesses to his perfect crime. As Wadsworth proceeds to disable the phones, the police chief (having previously posed as an [[Cluedo characters#The Inspector|evangelist]]) returns with a squad of officers who disarm Wadsworth. He nonetheless manages to escape, and attempts to get away in a [[police car]], only to crash after [[Dobermann]]s attack from the back seat.<ref>{{cite book|last=McDowell|first=Michael|author-link=Michael McDowell (author)|title=Paramount Pictures Presents Clue|year=1985|publisher=[[Fawcett Gold Medal]]|location=New York|isbn=978-0-4491-3049-0|pages=188}}</ref>{{sfn|Matthews|Landis|Lynn|1985|p=61}}