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Fred J. Cook 's 1964 exposé, The FBI Nobody Knows, is central to the plot of The Doorbell Rang. Rachel Bruner, a wealthy Manhattan widow, has recently incurred the wrath of the FBI. After reading a book called The FBI Nobody Knows, a prominent critique of the many unethical practices of the Bureau, she has mailed 10,000 copies of it to ...
Nero Wolfe is referred to in Ian Fleming's book On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963), by the character M while in conversation with James Bond who acknowledges that he is a fan. [74] Nero Wolfe is a character who appears in George Alec Effinger's book When Gravity Fails (1986), along with the character of James Bond.
Nero Wolfe is a television series adapted from Rex Stout 's series of detective stories that aired for two seasons (2001–2002) on A&E. Set in New York City sometime in the 1940s–1950s, the stylized period drama stars Maury Chaykin as Nero Wolfe and Timothy Hutton as Archie Goodwin. A distinguishing feature of the series is its use of a ...
A Nero Wolfe Mystery. The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery is a 2000 American crime drama television film based on the 1953 novel by Rex Stout. Set in 1950s Manhattan, it stars Maury Chaykin as the heavyweight detective genius Nero Wolfe, and Timothy Hutton as Wolfe's assistant, Archie Goodwin, narrator of the Nero Wolfe stories.
ABC. Release. December 19, 1979. (1979-12-19) 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.
Nero Wolfe is an American drama television series based on the characters in Rex Stout 's series of detective stories. The series aired on NBC from January 16 to August 25, 1981. [1] 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 ...
Years of service. 1906–1908. Rex Todhunter Stout (/ staʊt /; December 1, 1886 – October 27, 1975) was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. His best-known characters are the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin, who were featured in 33 novels, and 41 novellas and short stories, between 1934 and 1975.
OCLC. 1468849. Preceded by. Trouble in Triplicate. Followed by. Three Doors to Death. The Second Confession is a detective novel by American author Rex Stout, featuring the character Nero Wolfe. The book was first published by the Viking Press in 1949. The story was also collected in other omnibus volumes, including Triple Zeck (Viking 1974).