Nero Wolfe

Dec 19, 1979

1h 40m

★ 8.7

Overview

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.

Genres

Mystery

TV Movie

Production Companies

Paramount Television

Emmet G. Lavery Jr. Productions Inc.

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Cast

Nero Wolfe

Thayer David

Archie Goodwin

Tom Mason

Mrs. Rachael Bruner

Anne Baxter

Sarah Dacos

Brooke Adams

Insp. Cramer

Biff McGuire

Mrs. Althaus

Sarah Cunningham

Lon Cohen

John Randolph

Theodore Horstmann

John O'Leary

Fritz Benner

David Hurst

Saul Panzer

Lewis Charles

Fred Durkin

Frank Campanella

Dr. Vollmer

John Gerstad

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