Nero Wolfe (1977 TV movie)
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| Nero Wolfe | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Developed by | Paramount Television |
| Presented by | ABC |
| Starring | Thayer David Tom Mason Brooke Adams Biff McGuire John Randolph Anne Baxter |
| Theme music composer | Leonard Rosenman |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Emmet G. Lavery Jr. |
| Producer(s) | Everett Chambers |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original airing | December 18, 1979 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Nero Wolfe |
| External links | |
| IMDb profile | |
Nero Wolfe is a 1977 TV film adaptation of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe novel The Doorbell Rang. Thayer David stars as Nero Wolfe, gourmet, connoisseur and detective genius. Tom Mason [1] 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 a possible upcoming series[1] — but the film had still had not aired at the time of Thayer David's death in July 1978. In a November 1979 interview, Gilroy mildly complained to the Associated Press that Nero Wolfe had still not been broadcast by ABC, and praised the performance of David. "It doesn't affect my career one way or the other that they haven't shown it, but that was the most important thing he ever did on film, and I'm determined to get it aired," Gilroy said.[2]
Nero Wolfe was finally broadcast December 18, 1979, as an ABC-TV late show.[3]Gilroy was recognized with an Edgar Award nomination by the Mystery Writers of America in 1980.
In January 1981, Paramount Television's one-hour weekly series Nero Wolfe, starring William Conrad, began a 14-episode run on NBC.
[edit] Cast
- Thayer David as Nero Wolfe
- Tom Mason as Archie Goodwin
- Brooke Adams as Sarah Dacos
- Biff McGuire as Inspector Cramer
- John Randolph as Lon Cohen
- Anne Baxter as Mrs. Rachel Bruner
- David Hurst as Fritz
- John O'Leary as Theodore Horstmann
- Sarah Cunningham as Mrs. Althaus
- Lewis Charles as Saul Panzer
- Frank Campanella as Durkin
- John Gerstad as Dr. Vollmer
- John Hoyt as Hewitt
- Ivor Francis as Evers
- Allen Case as Rugby
- Rod Browning as 2nd FBI Man
- Katharine Charles as Marian Hinckley
- Joe George as O'Dell
- Richard Ford Grayling as 1st FBI Man
- David Lewis as Mr. Althaus
- Robert Phalen as Yarmack
- Sam Weisman as Quayle
[edit] External links
- Nero Wolfe at the Internet Movie Database
- Nero Wolfe at Allmovie
[edit] References
- ^ Bawden, J.E.A., Films in Review, October 1977, p. 462
- ^ Sharbutt, Jay, The Associated Press, November 11, 1979
- ^ Terrace, Vincent, Television 1970–1980. San Diego, California: A.S. Barnes & Company, 1981, ISBN 049802539X page 266
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