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7.6/10   413 votes
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Release Date:
22 April 2001 (USA) more
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Tagline:
A new kind of criminal, a new kind of crime, a new kind of client, a new kind of fee. more
Plot:
Genius detective Nero Wolfe and his right-hand man, Archie Goodwin, solve seemingly impossible crimes.
Awards:
4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
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User Reviews:
not mere background noise. deserves one's full attention and more. more (25 total)

Cast

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Timothy Hutton ... Archie Goodwin (27 episodes, 2001-2002)
Maury Chaykin ... Nero Wolfe (27 episodes, 2001-2002)
Colin Fox ... Fritz Brenner (26 episodes, 2001-2002)

Bill Smitrovich ... Inspector Cramer (25 episodes, 2001-2002)
R.D. Reid ... Sergeant Purley Stebbins (22 episodes, 2001-2002)

Conrad Dunn ... Saul Panzer (21 episodes, 2001-2002)
James Tolkan ... Avery Ballou / ... (21 episodes, 2001-2002)
Robert Bockstael ... Agent Stahl / ... (20 episodes, 2001-2002)

Kari Matchett ... Lily Rowan / ... (17 episodes, 2001-2002)
David Schurmann ... Director #2 / ... (16 episodes, 2001-2002)
Nicky Guadagni ... Elaine Usher / ... (15 episodes, 2001-2002)

Steve Cumyn ... Cecil Grantham / ... (15 episodes, 2001-2002)

Trent McMullen ... Orrie Cather (13 episodes, 2001-2002)

Richard Waugh ... Director #1 / ... (13 episodes, 2001-2002)

Boyd Banks ... Austin 'Dinky' Byne / ... (13 episodes, 2001-2002)

Fulvio Cecere ... Fred Durkin (12 episodes, 2001-2002)
Christine Brubaker ... Hattie Harding / ... (12 episodes, 2001-2002)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Nero Wolfe (USA) (promotional title)
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Runtime:
46 min | USA:92 min (pilot)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the tradition of a repertory theater company, each episode featured predominantly the same ensemble of guest actors, cast as different characters in each episode/story. more
Quotes:
[repeated line]
Nero Wolfe: Pfui!
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Are the longer, widescreen episodes available on DVD?
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13 out of 13 people found the following review useful.
not mere background noise. deserves one's full attention and more., 31 January 2003

I love this series passionately. A murder mystery set in the late 50s, with fast-paced wit and style. It gets you thinking not just about the murders, but about the people; how they really behave and how sharp one has to be to keep up with the threads of so many suspects lives and possible motives.

The books are just as fast paced and difficult to follow as the TV series can be. Definitely not for mothers who intend to get the knitting/ironing done while half concentrating on the TV.

But you've never seen such quality on American television - in fact, you'd almost swear it was British. The script is impeccable, the cast perfect, the performances true to the novel, and obviously Timothy Hutton is loving every minute of his role as Archie Goodwin. (a role which he has made successfully jump straight from the pages of Rex Stout's novels, onto the screen.)

But the best part; you can watch them over and over, because there'll always be an angle you missed, a glance, a witty line, a plot twist. And knowing how often TV shows are repeated isn't this a godsend? Haven't we had enough of the crud you can watch with your eyes closed, while-knitting-on-the-phone-doing-the-ironing?

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