Overview

Interrupted at dinner by a street kid with a strange story, Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin find themselves drawn into a strange case when their young informant is found murdered. The victim's mother soon appears with his life savings totally $4.30, Wolfe's fee for taking the case! Archie's fancy legwork brings Wolfe to a mysterious woman with golden spider earrings. And when everyone else investigating the matter hits a dead end, only the inimitable Wolfe can get to the bottom of the crime.

Cast

Maury Chaykin

Nero Wolfe

Timothy Hutton

Archie Goodwin

Bill Smitrovich

Inspector Cramer

Mimi Kuzyk

Laura Fromm

Colin Fox

Fritz Brenner

Saul Rubinek

Saul Panzer

Larissa Laskin

Jean Estey

Gary Reineke

Denis Horan

Beau Starr

Lips Egan

Elizabeth Saunders

mrs. Horan

Fulvio Cecere

Fred Durkin

Nancy Beatty

mrs. Drossos