Rex Stout's portly detective prides himself on solving crimes without venturing outside his comfortable home; here he relies on others to do the legwork in pinpointing who among a number of suspects is responsible for two sudden deaths, which the authorities at first are not convinced were murders.
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- BryanJune 16, 2026The good... the plot (derived from the first Wolfe novel) works well. The characterization of Wolfe was decent. The bad, the overall script didn't work and the portrayal of Goodwin was very, very poor. The interplay of the two in the source material is iconic and it baffles me that there are so few decent portrayals.
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Meet Nero Wolfe was released on July 16, 1936.
Meet Nero Wolfe was directed by Herbert J. Biberman.
Meet Nero Wolfe has a runtime of 73m.
Meet Nero Wolfe was produced by B.P. Schulberg.
Rex Stout's portly detective prides himself on solving crimes without venturing outside his comfortable home; here he relies on others to do the legwork in pinpointing who among a number of suspects is responsible for two sudden deaths, which the authorities at first are not convinced were murders.
The key characters in Meet Nero Wolfe are Nero Wolfe (Edward Arnold), Archie Goodwin (Lionel Stander), Mazie Gray (Dennie Moore).
Meet Nero Wolfe is rated Not Rated.
Meet Nero Wolfe is a Mystery, Crime film.
Meet Nero Wolfe has an audience rating of 6.2 out of 10.