Nero Wolfe (1979)
1h 40m
Running Time
December 19, 1979Release Date
Nero Wolfe (1979)
1h 40m
Running Time
December 19, 1979Release Date
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Plot.
Gourmet Nero Wolfe interrupts his orchid-tending to take on the case of a lady tycoon who wants to know why she's under investigation by the FBI, only to find himself enmeshed in a puzzling murder-mystery. TV movie based on Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe series.
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Cast & Crew.
Thayer David
Nero Wolfe
Anne Baxter
Mrs. Rachael Bruner
Tom Mason
Archie Goodwin
Brooke Adams
Sarah Dacos
Biff McGuire
Inspector Cramer
Frank D. Gilroy
Director
Sarah Cunningham
Mrs. Althaus
John Randolph
Lon Cohen
Rex Stout
Writer
Everett Chambers
Producer
John O'Leary
Theodore Horstmann
Leonard Rosenman
Composer
David Hurst
Fritz Benner
Ric Waite
Cinematographer
Lewis Charles
Saul Panzer
Frank Campanella
Fred Durkin
Details.
Release DateDecember 19, 1979
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Filming LocationsNew York City, United States of America
Genres
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Wiki.
Nero Wolfe is a 1979 American made-for-television film adaptation of the 1965 Nero Wolfe novel The Doorbell Rang by Rex Stout. Thayer David stars as Nero Wolfe, gourmet, connoisseur and detective genius. Tom Mason costars as Archie Goodwin, Wolfe's assistant. Written and directed by Frank D. Gilroy, the made-for-TV movie was produced by Paramount Television as a pilot for an ABC television series, but the movie was shelved by the network for more than two years before finally being broadcast December 19, 1979.
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