A Nero Wolfe, a genius detective with a love for orchids and fine cuisine, teams up with his street-smart assistant Archie Goodwin to unravel complex murder mysteries in 1950s New York.
Nero Wolfe is a television series based on the characters in Rex Stout's classic series of detective stories that aired January 16 – August 25, 1981, on NBC. William Conrad fills the role of the detective genius Nero Wolfe, and Lee Horsley is his assistant Archie Goodwin. Produced by Paramount Television, the series updates the world of Nero Wolfe to contemporary New York City and draws few of its stories from the Stout originals.
Rex Stout's portly detective prides himself on solving crimes without venturing outside his comfortable home; here he relies on others to do the legwork in pinpointing who among a number of suspects is responsible for two sudden deaths, which the authorities at first are not convinced were murders.
Nero Wolfe agrees to investigate a series of murders that seem to be tied in with a past Harvard hazing prank that went awry.
In an adaptation of Rex Stout's short story "The Gun with Wings", detective Nero Wolfe is hired by Peggy Mion and her lover Frederick Weppler to investigate suspicious suicide of Peggy's husband, opera tenor Alberto Mion.
In an adaptation of Rex Stout's short story "Before I Die", detective Nero Wolfe (Donatas Banionis) and his legman Archie Goodwin (Sergei Zhigunov) are hired by a powerful mobster to stop a blackmailer and prevent his daughter's identity from being revealed.
An adaptation of Rex Stout's short story "The Silent Speaker".
An adaptation of Rex Stout's short story "Disguise for Murder": detective Nero Wolfe has to investigate a murder that has happened in his own house.
An adaptation of Rex Stout's short story "Man Alive": one day Cynthia Nieder, owner of ad agency, sees her uncle in window, though he has died 2 months ago. Frightened woman applies to Nero Wolfe.
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