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The Doorbell Rang: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0733961181333
Format: Color, NTSC
Label: A & E Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: A & E Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: A & E Home Video
Release Date: April 24, 2002
Studio: A & E Home Video
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Editorial Review:
When eccentric millionaire Rachel Bruner arrives at the doorstep of detective Nero Wolfe's brownstone, she brings an extraordinary offer, a disturbing story of harassment, and an FBI tail. Only after Wolfe takes the case does the murder come to light. The premiere episode of A&E's original series based on Rex Stout's beloved Nero Wolfe novels, THE DOORBELL RANG sees the epicurean detective (Maury Chaykin) and his dogged assistant Archie Goodwin (Oscar® winner Timothy Hutton, who also directed) taking on J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI. As the story unfolds, however, it becomes clear that the Agency is not guilty of murder-in this case, anyway-and their reluctant cooperation is essential to capturing a killer. Sophisticated and suspenseful, THE DOORBELL RANG captures the wit and style that have made Wolfe one of fiction's most famous detectives.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - The Doorbell Rang - It Rang My Bell
The Doorbell Rang, starring Timothy Hutton as Archie Goodwin, and Maury Chaykin as Nero Wolfe, is a suberb adaptation of Rex Stout's 1965 novel. Nero Wolfe takes on "the big fish" J. Edgar Hoover to earn the biggest fee of his career. With the able assistance of Archie Goodwin, his intrepid legman, Wolfe triumphs over the F.B.I., earns his client's admiration (Mrs. Bruner: "Is there anything you can't do?"), and solves a murder for the cops along the way.
This 2001 TV movie is brilliant. ... Read More
Rating: - A Brilliant Adaptation of Rex Stout's Novel
Everything about this episode (as with all the others in the series)--from the music to the cinematography, the set to the costume design, the casting, the directing, and certainly the acting--is absolutely great. The attention to detail is wonderful. Like a fine painting, it bears re-study time and time again. Upon each return, one is likely to discover yet another detail, yet another facet of this rare and precious gem. Timothy Hutton (Archie, director, and co-executive producer), Maury Chaykin (Wolfe), ... Read More
Rating: - Flawless adaptation of Rex Stout's classic Nero Wolfe novel
In this, the second of A & E's adaptations of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe mysteries, the cast and crew settle in and really deliver the goods.
Maury Chaykin is, as he was in the first adaptation, The Golden Spiders, perfect as the title character. He can do wrong on screen (one wonders what Rex Stout would make of this were the author alive today?). Timothy Hutton has really discovered what makes the character of Archie Goodwin tick and the chemistry between the two captures the essence of the relationship ... Read More
Rating: - Mycroft Holmes and Sam Spade versus the FBI
At first blush, Nero Wolfe seems the very reincarnation of Sherlock Holmes' smarter brother. Wolfe's corpulence, indolence, sagacity, and appreciation for the finer things of life can come only from the model of Mycroft Holmes. But Wolfe is more complex than that. On a second look, he might be Dashiel Hammet's Continental Op, finally grown too fat to continue field work. (The Continental Op is the Man With No Name, who served as the model for Bruce Willis' character in "Last Man Standing").
It's easier to ... Read More
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