Nero Wolfe (1979)
1h 40m
Running Time
December 19, 1979Release Date
Nero Wolfe (1979)
1h 40m
Running Time
December 19, 1979Release Date
Network & Production Companies

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

Tom Mason
Archie Goodwin

Anne Baxter
Mrs. Rachael Bruner

Brooke Adams
Sarah Dacos

Biff McGuire
Insp. Cramer

Sarah Cunningham
Mrs. Althaus

John Randolph
Lon Cohen

John O'Leary
Theodore Horstmann

David Hurst
Fritz Benner

Lewis Charles
Saul Panzer

Frank Campanella
Fred Durkin

John Gerstad
Dr. Vollmer

John Hoyt
Hewitt

Ivor Francis
Evers

Allen Case
FBI Chief Rugby

Katharine Charles
Marian Hinckley

Robert Phalen
Yarmack

Sam Weisman
Quayle

David Lewis
Mr. Althaus

Pat Harris
CastingDirector

Marsha Kleinman
CastingDirector

Rod Browning
2nd FBI Man

Joe George
O'Dell

Richard Ford Grayling
1st FBI Man
Details.
Release DateDecember 19, 1979
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Filming LocationsNew York City, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
detective
based on novel or book
investigator
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 Wolfe, gourmet, connoisseur and detective genius. Tom Mason costars as Archie Goodwin, Wolfe's assistant. Written and directed by Frank D. Gilroy, the film was produced by Paramount Television as a pilot for an ABC television series, but it was shelved by the network for more than two years before finally being broadcast December 19, 1979.
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