| Interrupted at dinner by a street kid with a strange story, Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin find themselves drawn into a strange case when their young informant is found murdered. The victim's mother soon appears with his life savings totally $4.30, Wolfe's fee for taking the case! Archie's fancy legwork brings Wolfe to a mysterious woman with golden spider earrings. And when everyone else investigating the matter hits a dead end, only the inimitable Wolfe can get to the bottom of the crime. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 05, 2000 |
|---|---|
| Director: | Bill Duke |
| Writer: | Rex Stout |
| Genres: | Drama, TV Movie |
| Keywords | detective, based on novel or book, manhattan, new york city, 1950s |
| Production Companies | Jaffe/Braunstein Films, Pearson Television International, A+E Studios |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: May 01, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Maury Chaykin | Nero Wolfe |
| Timothy Hutton | Archie Goodwin |
| Bill Smitrovich | Inspector Cramer |
| Mimi Kuzyk | Laura Fromm |
| Colin Fox | Fritz Brenner |
| Saul Rubinek | Saul Panzer |
| Larissa Laskin | Jean Estey |
| Gary Reineke | Denis Horan |
| Beau Starr | Lips Egan |
| Elizabeth Saunders | mrs. Horan |
| Fulvio Cecere | Fred Durkin |
| Nancy Beatty | mrs. Drossos |
| R.D. Reid | sergeant Purley Stebbins |
| Philip Craig | James Maddox |
| Gerry Quigley | Lon Cohen |
| Rothaford Gray | butler |
| Robert Clark | Pete Drossos |
| Norma Clarke | receptionist |
| Nicky Guadagni | Angela Wright |
| Hrant Alianak | Gerstner |
| Brian Miranda | Irving Gerstner |
| Trent McMullen | Orrie Cather |
| Peter Mensah | Mort Erwin |
| James Purcell | Walter Neary |
| Jack Newman | Bernard Levine |
| Dwayne McLean | Matthew Birch |
| Robert Bockstael | Paul Kuffner |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Bill Duke | Director |
| Mike Fash | Director of Photography |
| Rex Stout | Novel |
| Paul Monash | Teleplay |
| Michael Small | Music |
| Ronald Sanders | Lead Editor |
| Lindsey Hermer-Bell | Production Design |
| Georgina Yarhi | Costume Design |
| Divyo Putney | Key Hair Stylist |
| Dorothy Smith | Makeup Artist |
| Kathleen Freeman | Makeup Artist |
| Sean Kirby | Set Decoration |
| Tim Singh | Second Assistant Director |
| William Spahic | First Assistant Director |
| Deborah Osborne | Production Manager |
| Patricia Lambkin | Script Supervisor |
| Richard Martinez | Music Producer |
| John Moses | Musician |
| Susan Rothoiz | Musician |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Howard Braunstein | Executive Producer |
| Michael Jaffe | Executive Producer |
| Delia Fine | Executive Producer |
| Susan Murdoch | Producer |
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