Nero Wolfe. The complete second season [videorecording] / produced in association with Freemantle International, by Jaffe/Braunstein Films & A & E Television Networks ; producer, Randi Richmond.
"Based upon the works by Rex Stout"--Container. Cataloged from container. Timothy Hutton, Maury Chaykin.
Contents:
v. 5. Bonus features: The golden spiders (the first full-length A & E orIginal Nero Wolfe movie) / teleplay by Paul Monash ; directed by Bill Duke -- The making of Nero Wolfe -- The silent speaker (double episode) in letterbox format. Immune to murder / teleplay by Stuart Kaminsky ; directed by John R. Pepper. The next witness / teleplay by Sharon Elizabeth Doyle ; directed by James Tolkan -- Die like a dog / teleplay by Sharon Elizabeth Dole ; directed by James Tolkan. v. 2. Murder is corny / teleplay by William Rabkin and Lee Goldberg ; directed by George Bloomfield -- Motherhunt / teleplay by Sharon Elizabeth Doyle / directed by Alan Smithee -- Poison a la carte / teleplay by William Rabkin and Lee Goldberg ; directed by George Bloomfield. v. 3. Too many clients (Double episode) / teleplay by Sharon Elizabeth Doyle ; directed by John L'Ecuyer -- Before I die / teleplay by Sharon Elizabeth Doyle ; directed by John L'Ecuyer -- Help wanted, male / teleplay by Mark Stein directed by John L'Ecuyer. v. 4. The silent speaker (Double episode) / teleplay by Michael Jaffe ; directed by Michael Jaffe -- Cop killer / Teleplay by Jennifer Salt ; directed by John R. Pepper -- Immune to murder / teleplay by Stuart Kaminsky ; directed by John R. Pepper. v. 5. Bonus features: The golden spiders (the first full-length A & E orIginal Nero Wolfe movie) / teleplay by Paul Monash ; directed by Bill Duke -- The making of Nero Wolfe -- The silent speaker (double episode) in letterbox format.
Summary:
A dozen cases await the reclusive Manhattan epicure and his gregarious sidekick. Archie finds a dead woman's body while doing a simple favor for a friend. Wolfe bolts from court when he believes his testimony will convict an innocent man. While fetching his raincoat, Archie stumbles onto a murder scene. A delivery boy is murdered and Archie is the prime suspect. Wolfe and Archie hunt for the mother of an abandoned baby. A lecherous producer is poisoned during a banquet prepared by Fritz. A client who thinks he's being followed turns up dead. A gangster hires the duo to protect him from blackmail. Wolfe refuses to help a man whose being threatened and who later turns up dead. A nearly bankrupt Wolfe reluctantly investigates the death of a bureaucrat. Two illegal aliens become suspects in the killing of a policeman. The Assistant Secretary of State is found floating in a trout stream.
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