Meet Nero Wolfe

Meet Nero Wolfe is a 1936 mystery film based on the 1934 novel FerdeLance, written by Rex Stout. Set in New York, the story introduced the detective genius Nero Wolfe Edward Arnold and his assistant Archie Goodwin Lionel Stander. The partnership endured throughnovels andshort stories written by Stout, but continued in only one more film for Columbia Pictures.

At the West Hills Golf Club in Westchester, E.J. Kimball Walter Kingsford and his son Manuel Russell Hardie are welcomed into the party of elderly Professor Barstow Boyd Irwin Sr. and his prospective soninlaw Claude Roberts Victor Jory. Barstow sends his caddy back to the clubhouse to fetch his visor, and finds himself without his clubs when it is his turn to tee off. The elder Kimball loans his driver to Barstow. Immediately after hitting his drive, Barstow flinches. A mosquito bit me just as I hit the ball, he complains with good humor. Too bad, Kimball replies sympathetically, taking the club from Barstow and making his own drive. As the foursome sets out on the course, Barstow is stricken and succumbs quickly to an apparent heart attack.At the New York brownstone of Nero Wolfe Edward Arnold, Marie Maringola Rita Hayworth offers the sedentary detective genius 50 to find her brother. Although he is an expert metal worker, Carlo Maringola had such trouble finding work in America that he planned to return to the old country. On the eve of his departure Carlo told his sister that he could stay in America after all he got a job. They had arranged a celebration but Carlo never came. He disappeared. ........

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