The Doorbell Rang (22 April 2001)

Good for people who've read the story already

A rather convoluted plot involving the FBI, and a wealthy woman who pays Nero Wolfe $100,000 retainer plus fee to stop them from bothering her.

Nero Wolfe uses a clever trick involving lookalikes and crates to trick the FBI.

If you've already read the Nero Wolfe stories before viewing this, it will probably make a lot more sense than if not. For example, the final scene really doesn't make much sense to modern viewers. Also, some characters pop up and then disappear again without doing very much, so it probably could have been edited into a story better. Assuming that the viewer knows who Inspector Cramer is, is probably an error, the character is not established before we're told about his habits.

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