SILVER

"It's not just a game anymore." The classic murder-mystery board game provides a surprisingly effective springboard for this antic, zinger-filled comedy. When their dinner party host turns up dead, the guests of the late Mr. Boddy are trapped at his country mansion by their mutual suspicion and, as it turns out, abundant and shared motives for killing him. Hardworking butler Tim Curry leads the investigation with reluctant — and memorably comic — help from Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Lesley Ann Warren, Michael McKean and more. Directed by Jonathan Lynn (MY COUSIN VINNY, YES MINISTER). DIR/SCR Jonathan Lynn; SCR John Landis; PROD Debra Hill. U.S., 1985, color, 94 min. RATED PG