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Michael Coleman

Caesar-shift each of the cryptograms to get a clue to a scene in a movie featuring an actor from the movie version of Clue:

ZEF. JUVGR in the QERFFVAT EBBZ with the FPUAVGMRATEHORA. = MRS. WHITE in the DRESSING ROOM with the SCHNITZENGRUBEN.
This clues Madeline Kahn in Blazing Saddles.
The Caesar-shift is 13 places. The 13th letter in Blazing Saddles is E.

PROFESSOR PLUM on the ROOFTOP with the PIANO. = WYVMLZZVY WSBT on the YVVMAVW with the WPHUV.
This clues Christopher Lloyd in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?.
The Caesar-shift is 7 places. The 7th letter in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is M.

MISS SCARLET in the BOUDOIR with the CROSS-DRESSER. = RNXX XHFWQJY in the GTZITNW with the HWTXX-IWJXXJW.
This clues Lesley Ann Warren in Victor/Victoria.
The Caesar-shift is 5 places. The 5th letter in Victor/Victoria is O.

COLONEL MUSTARD in the DINING ROOM with the CROSS-DRESSER. = KWTWVMT UCABIZL in the LQVQVO ZWWU with the KZWAA-LZMAAMZ.
This clues Martin Mull in Mrs. Doubtfire.
The Caesar-shift is 8 places. The 8th letter in Mrs. Doubtfire is T.

MR. GREEN in the AUDITORIUM with the GUITAR. = PU. JUHHQ in the DXGLWRULXP with the JXLWDU.
This clues Michael McKean in This Is Spinal Tap AND/OR Michael McKean in A Mighty Wind.
The Caesar-shift is 3 places. The 3rd letter in This Is Spinal Tap AND/OR A Mighty Wind is I.

PROFESSOR PLUM in the DAY ROOM with the CIGARETTE. = YAXONBBXA YUDV in the MJH AXXV with the LRPJANCCN
This clues Christopher Lloyd in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
The Caesar-shift is 9 places. The 9th letter in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is V.

MRS. PEACOCK in the BEDROOM with the BOMB. = RWX. UJFHTHP in the GJIWTTR with the GTRG.
This clues Eileen Brennan in Murder By Death.
The Caesar-shift is 5 places. The 5th letter in Murder By Death is E.

The answer is EMOTIVE.