A boy is injured in his attempt to tell Nero about an abduction he's witnessed, to which the only clue is a pair of golden spider earrings worn by the victim.
Nero becomes involved when Archie's college football teammate Barney is found dead on his doorstep.
Nero must narrow down the suspects when a beautiful girl is killed after being hired by a mobster to act as a decoy for his daughter.
Nero leaves his brownstone when called to identify Archie's body at the morgue, only to find that it was an impostor and Archie is accused of his murder.
Nero locates a young man who has been missing for nine years, only to find that he is on trial for murder.
Nero and Archie's lives are in danger because someone does not want them to locate the missing CEO of a large shipping firm.
Nero is hired by a wealthy socialite to learn the source of the large sums of money her playboy husband has been throwing around.
Nero and Archie use a computer to figure out the connection among three murders, an apparent suicide, and a missing manuscript.
Nero suspects it was no accident when the dead body of a woman who specialized in an underwater striptease is found floating in the East River.
A brilliant criminal with a grudge booby-traps Nero's apartment.
The daughter of a wealthy sportsman urges Nero to investigate her father's death.
A former prosecutor's wife and then his secretary are killed in apparent attempts on his life.
A hood kidnaps one of Nero's priceless orchids in order to force Nero to prove his innocence in a murder.
Two paid killers track Nero and Archie.
"Nero Wolfe" is a 1977 American made-for-television film adaptation of the Nero Wolfe novel "The Doorbell Rang" by Rex Stout. Thayer David stars as Nero Wolfe, gourmet, connoisseur and detective genius. Tom Mason costars as Archie Goodwin, Wolfe's assistant. Written and directed by Frank D. Gilroy, the made-for-TV movie was produced by Paramount Television as a pilot for an ABC television series, but the movie was shelved by the network for more than two years before finally being broadcast December 19, 1979.