The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery Movie Review 2000

It's actually not much of a mystery but writer Rex Stout's eccentric Wolfe (Chaykin) and his idiosyncratic cast of helpers as well as the setting (Manhattan in the late '40s) make for some amusing moments. Gourmand and orchid grower Wolfe never leaves his brownstone, preferring right-hand man Archie Goodwin (Hutton) take care of the leg work. The golden spiders of the title are a pair of flashy earrings worn by a damsel in distress that leads to several hit-and-run deaths, blackmail, and fraud.

Distribution

A&E Home Video, PO Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407, Toll-free: 888-423-1212, Fax: (802)864-9846, Email: homevideo@aetv.com, URL: http://www.aetv.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 100 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Mystery & Suspense, New York, New York, Period Piece: 1940s, Private Eyes, Blackmail

Screenplay

Paul Monash

Cast

Maury Chaykin, Timothy Hutton, Bill Smitrovich, Saul Rubinek, Mimi Kuzyk, Beau Starr, Robert Clark, Larissa Lapchinski, Gary Reineke, Nicky Guadagni, Robert Bockstael, Trent McMullen

Cinematography

Mike Fash

Director

Bill Duke

Music

Michael Small