The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000)
Overview
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.657 |
Directed By
Bill Duke
Crew
Bill Duke
Rex Stout
Paul Monash
Delia Fine
Mike Fash
Georgina Yarhi
Michael Small
Susan Murdoch
Kathleen Freeman
Michael Jaffe
Lindsey Hermer-Bell
William Spahic
Howard Braunstein
Divyo Putney
Susan Rothoiz
Patricia Lambkin
Richard Martinez
John Moses
Ronald Sanders
Dorothy Smith
Deborah Osborne
Tim Singh
Sean Kirby
TOP CAST
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
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