Screenplay: Rex Stout

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Rex Stout. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


A Nero Wolfe Mystery (TV Series)

2001 · Series · 46 min. · United States

Direction Timothy Hutton · John L'Ecuyer · Holly Dale · Neill Fearnley

Cast Maury Chaykin · Timothy Hutton · Colin Fox · Bill Smitrovich

Plot Genius detective Nero Wolfe and his right-hand man, Archie Goodwin, solve seemingly impossible crimes.

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The President Vanishes

1934 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction William A. Wellman

Cast Edward Arnold · Arthur Byron · Paul Kelly · Peggy Conklin

Plot The film concerns the mysterious disappearance of the President of the United States, who was facing a serious political crisis, perhaps even impeachment, over his handling of a foreign situation,...

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Nero Wolfe (TV Series)

1981 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction George McCowan · Edward M. Abroms · Herbert Hirschman · Michael O'Herlihy

Cast William Conrad · Lee Horsley · George Voskovec · Robert Coote

Plot The short-lived adventures of portly detective Nero Wolfe, who would rather eat and tend to his orchids than hit the streets tracking down leads. That's why he hired hunky Archie...

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Meet Nero Wolfe

1936 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Herbert J. Biberman

Cast Edward Arnold · Lionel Stander · Dennie Moore · Victor Jory

Plot 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.)...

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The League of Frightened Men

1937 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Alfred E. Green

Cast Walter Connolly · Lionel Stander · Eduardo Ciannelli · Irene Hervey

Plot Nero Wolfe agrees to investigate a series of murders that seem to be tied in with a past Harvard hazing prank that went awry.

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