This is a movie about seven guests, a butler, and a maid, who are all involved in a series of murders. The guests all meet at Hill House, to learn that Professor Plum works in Washington, D.C., where everyone else lives. Colonel Mustard is a client of Miss Scarlet, the ex-employer of Yvette ,the maid, who had an affair with the husband of Mrs. White etc. Blackmailer Mr. Boddy gives each guest a weapon and tells him or her to kill butler Wadsworth to avoid being exposed. Add in Mrs. Peacock's craziness and Mr. Green's clumsiness, and meet a whole group tangled in a web of murder, lies, and hilarity.