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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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Audiences 70GoodWatch 76
IMDb7.0
Running time
1 h 40 min
A typical length for mysteries
typical 102100Half of all mysteries run 93–115 min.
Released
1979
December 19, 1979
47 years ago
Genres
MysteryTV MovieLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
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Thayer DavidNero Wolfe
Tom MasonArchie Goodwin
Anne BaxterMrs. Rachael Bruner
Brooke AdamsSarah Dacos
Biff McGuireInsp. Cramer- SCSarah CunninghamMrs. Althaus
John RandolphLon Cohen
John O'LearyTheodore Horstmann
David HurstFritz Benner
Lewis CharlesSaul Panzer
Frank CampanellaFred Durkin- JGJohn GerstadDr. Vollmer
John HoytHewitt
Ivor FrancisEvers
Allen CaseFBI Chief Rugby- KCKatharine CharlesMarian Hinckley
Robert PhalenYarmack
Sam WeismanQuayle
David LewisMr. Althaus- RBRod Browning2nd FBI Man
- JGJoe GeorgeO'Dell
- RFRichard Ford Grayling1st FBI Man
Charles HorvathPurse Stealer / Wolfe Operative (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Frank D. Gilroy Director, Writer
Writing · 1
- Rex Stout Novel
Production · 3
- Emmet G. Lavery Jr. Executive Producer
- Everett Chambers Producer
- Leonard S. Smith Jr. Unit Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Ric Waite Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Harry Keller Editor
Sound · 1
- Leonard Rosenman Original Music Composer
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