#120 Instead of Evidence - Nero Wolfe (CBC)

Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin are back in Instead of Evidence. When Eugene Poor suspects his business partner is out to kill him he turns to Nero Wolfe. Not to protect him but to make sure his killer is caught after the fact. It's murder and mayhem in this mystery full of twists and turns. Mavor Moore and Don Francks star in this CBC production. Though the series is not available for purchase it can be found online.


From Nero Wolfe:

Eugene Poor suspected his partner Conroy Balney of planning to kill him. He’ll pay Wolfe $5000 — not to keep Blaney from murdering him, but to be sure that he doesn’t get away with it.
Eugene’s premonition of death was right on the money. The ink was hardly dry on the receipt when Poor was killed . . . by an exploding cigar! Naturally, though the client is dead, Wolfe is determined to solve the murder and earn the fee.
Conroy Blaney claims his innocence. Helen Vardis claims that the newly widowed Martha Poor had killed her husband because she was jealous of their relationship, but Joe Groll was also very interested in Helen. A brutal hit-and-run claims Arthur Howell. All these people had connections with Blaney and Poor.

#56 Man Alive - Nero Wolfe (CBC)

 

Based on a story by Rex Stout; Adapted by Ron Hartman; Performed by a full cast.

An heiress comes to Nero Wolfe for help when she discovers that the uncle she believed had committed suicide a year ago is still alive. As Wolfe takes the case the uncle turns up murdered.

Produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Starring Mavor Moore as Nero Wolfe. Don Francks as Archie Goodwin. 

Also in the cast: Cec Linder, Frank Perry, Alfie Scott

Special Guest Stars: Lynn Griffin, Neil Monroe, Sandy Webster, August Shellenburg

Music by: Don Gillis

#17 Disguise For Murder - A Nero Wolfe Mystery (CBC)

Nero Wolfe - Disguise For Murder is the first in a 13 episode series produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).  In 1982, Canadian actor, producer, and writer Mavor Moore starred as Nero Wolfe while Don Francks portrayed Archie Goodwin, and Cec Linder played Inspector Cramer. Disguise For Murder is a well produced introduction into the the world of Rex Stout's beer drinking, orchid loving, chair-bound genius detective Nero Wolfe.

During a flower exhibition at Wolfe's brownstone, a tipsy young woman who confides to Archie that she's recognized a murderer at the show is murdered on premises shortly thereafter.