Nero Wolfe Summary
Director: Frank D. Gilroy
Genres: Mystery
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Rex Stout's corpulent, orchid-loving detective Nero Wolfe would eventually headline his own 1980s TV series, courtesy of star William_Conrad. This earlier unsold TV pilot stars Thayer_David, whom some Stout devotees consider the best of the many media Wolfes (which included Walter_Connolly and Sidney_Greenstreet). Frank D. Gilroy wrote and directed this adaptation of the Stout novel -The Doorbell Rang, in which Wolfe protects his client (Anne_Baxter) by taking on "the whole damned federal government". As always, Wolfe remains in his easy chair to do the brainwork, while his faithful assistant Archie Goodwin (Tom_Mason) handles the rough stuff. Nero Wolfe tested well in the ratings, and might well have gone on immediately to a regular weekly series, but the sudden death of star Thayer David put the whole project in mothballs--until Bill Conrad was available. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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