A Nero Wolfe Mystery Prisoner's Base: Part 2 (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | Action, Drama, Mystery

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A Nero Wolfe Mystery

Prisoner's Base: Part 2 (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV Episode | Action, Drama, Mystery

Moved by Archie Goodwin's zeal in trying to find the killer of heiress Priscilla Eads, Nero Wolfe takes on Archie as a client to aid him in his quest. Tension mounts when another woman who knew the heiress is found murdered.

Director

Neill Fearnley

Writers

Lee Goldberg (teleplay) | William Rabkin (teleplay) | Rex Stout (novel "Prisoner's Base")

Producer

Susan Murdoch

Composer

Michael Small

Cinematographer

Derek Rogers

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Edit Released

Updated May 20, 2001

Release date

May 20, 2001 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

6 nominations

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20 cast members

Name	Known for
Timothy Hutton Archie Goodwin Archie Goodwin See fewer	Ordinary People (1980)
Maury Chaykin Nero Wolfe Nero Wolfe See fewer	My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Bill Smitrovich Inspector Cramer Inspector Cramer See fewer	The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000)
Saul Rubinek Lon Cohen Lon Cohen See fewer	Unforgiven (1992)
Colin Fox Fritz Brenner Fritz Brenner See fewer	Tommy Boy (1995)
James Tolkan Bernard Quest Bernard Quest See fewer	WarGames (1983)
Ron Rifkin Attorney Perry Helmar Attorney Perry Helmar See fewer	Alias (2001)
Kari Matchett Sarah Jaffee Sarah Jaffee See fewer	Cube²: Hypercube (2002)
Conrad Dunn Saul Panzer Saul Panzer See fewer	Stripes (1981)
Robert Bockstael District Attorney T. Bowen District Attorney T. Bowen See fewer	Fatman (2020)
Nicky Guadagni Viola Duday Viola Duday See fewer	Cube (1997)
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