Nero Wolfe (film)

Nero Wolfe
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Genre
Based onThe Doorbell Rang
by Rex Stout
Written byFrank D. Gilroy
Directed byFrank D. Gilroy
Starring
Music byLeonard Rosenman
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerEmmet G. Lavery Jr.
ProducerEverett Chambers
CinematographyRic Waite
EditorHarry Keller
Running time120 minutes
Production companies
Budget$1.5 million
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseDecember 19, 1979 (1979-12-19)
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Nero Wolfe is a 1979 American made-for-television film adaptation of the 1965 Nero Wolfe novel The Doorbell Rang by Rex Stout. Thayer David stars as Wolfe, gourmet, connoisseur and detective genius. Tom Mason costars as Archie Goodwin, Wolfe's assistant. Written and directed by Frank D. Gilroy, the film was produced by Paramount Television as a pilot for an ABC television series, but it was shelved by the network for more than two years before finally being broadcast December 19, 1979.