NERO WOLFE (1979)

Nero Wolfe is a 1977 American made-for-television film adaptation of the Nero Wolfe novel The Doorbell Rang by Rex Stout. Thayer David stars as Nero Wolfe, gourmet, connoisseur and detective genius. Tom Mason costars as Archie Goodwin, Wolfe's assistant. Written and directed by Frank D. Gilroy, the made-for-TV movie was produced by Paramount Television as a pilot for an ABC television series, but the movie was shelved by the network for more than two years before finally being broadcast December 19, 1979.
Genre    Drama
Based on The Doorbell Rang by Rex Stout
Written by    Frank D. Gilroy
Screenplay by    Frank D. Gilroy
Directed by    Frank D. Gilroy
Starring    
Thayer David
Tom Mason
Brooke Adams
Biff McGuire
John Randolph
Anne Baxter

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