17 Apr 2009
State of Play
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.
Nero Wolfe
Gourmet Nero Wolfe interrupts his orchid-tending to take on the case of a lady tycoon who wants to know why she's under investigation by the FBI, only to find himself enmeshed in a puzzling murder-mystery. TV movie based on Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe series.
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Thayer David Nero Wolfe
Tom Mason Archie Goodwin
Anne Baxter Mrs. Rachael Bruner
Brooke Adams Sarah Dacos
Biff McGuire Insp. Cramer
Sarah Cunningham Mrs. Althaus
John Randolph Lon Cohen
John O'Leary Theodore Horstmann
David Hurst Fritz Benner
Lewis Charles Saul Panzer
Frank Campanella Fred Durkin
John Gerstad Dr. Vollmer
John Hoyt Hewitt
Ivor Francis Evers
Allen Case FBI Chief Rugby
Katharine Charles Marian Hinckley
Robert Phalen Yarmack
David Lewis Mr. Althaus
Rod Browning 2nd FBI Man
Joe George O'Dell
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