Coquitlam Public Library

Nero Wolfe, produced in association with Freemantle International, by Jaffe/Braunstein Films & A & E Television Networks ; producer, Randi Richmond

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videorecording

Nero Wolfe

videorecording : DVD

55661217

produced in association with Freemantle International, by Jaffe/Braunstein Films & A & E Television Networks ; producer, Randi Richmond

800

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

V. 1. Death of a doxy (Double episode) (teleplay by Sharon Elizabeth Doyle ; directed by Timonthy Hutton) ; 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

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