For fans of Rex Stout's famous detective Nero Wolfe, this episode simply illustrates why the character is so loved.
Fresh corn picked to Wolfe's exacting specifications (As we learn) is what drags the rotound detective into a murder, but it is a lie by the victim's fiancee that puts Wolfe's Assistant and "man of Action" Archie into peril with the police, and forces Nero Wolfe to do something that he hates .... Work!
An enjoyable case (For us at least) as Wolfe is forced to solve a murder that over the course of the episode interrupts both Wolfe's meal, and time with his orchids.
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A model frames Archie for the murder of a delivery boy, who was supposed to bring him his Wolf's specially picked corn, and Archie doesn't have an alibi. Who killed the delivery boy and why?
 Bill Smitrovich |
Inspector Cramer |
 Colin Fox |
Fritz Brenner |
Maury Chaykin |
Nero Wolfe |
 Conrad Dunn |
Saul Panzer |
 Timothy Hutton |
Archie Goodwn |
Robert Bockstael |
Max Marow |
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 Kari Matchett |
Susan McLeod |
Guest Star |
Bruce McFee |
Duncan McLeod |
Guest Star |
R.D. Reid |
Sergeant Purley Stebbins |
Recurring Role |
George Plimpton |
Nathaniel Parker |
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This episode is based on Rex Stout's short story of the same name, which is collected together with two other stories in Trio for Blunt Instruments.
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