Motherhunt: Part 1 (12 May 2002)

When a baby, allegedly fathered by her late husband, is abandoned on the doorstep of his rich, beautiful widow, she hires Nero Wolfe to locate the mother.

Director:

Charles B. Wessler

Writers:

Sharon Elizabeth Doyle (teleplay), Rex Stout (novel)

Stars:

Timothy Hutton, Maury Chaykin, Colin Fox

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Timothy Hutton	...	Archie Goodwin
Maury Chaykin	...	Nero Wolfe
Colin Fox	...	Fritz Brenner
Bill Smitrovich	...	Inspector Cramer
Conrad Dunn	...	Saul Panzer
Trent McMullen	...	Orrie Cather
Fulvio Cecere	...	Fred Durkin
Penelope Ann Miller	...	Lucy Valdon
Richard Waugh	...	Manuel Upton
Boyd Banks	...	Willis Krug
R.D. Reid	...	Sergeant Purley Stebbins
Saul Rubinek	...	Lon Cohen
Steve Cumyn	...	Julian Haft
Shannon Jobe	...	Miss Mimm
Griffin Dunne	...	Nicolas Losseff

Storyline

When rich, beautiful widow Lucy Valdon finds an abandoned baby on her doorstep, she is led to believe that her late promiscuous husband, a successful novelist who died in an accident, is the father. She hires Nero Wolfe to discover the identity of the the infant's mother and during the course of the investigation she and Archie find themselves increasingly attracted to each other. One of the clues he finds is an unusual handmade horsehair button, but when he tracks down the craftswoman who made it, she is uncooperative and soon after is found strangled. When Wolfe orders his operatives to set up a sting in Washington Square Park using the baby as bait, the operation finally bears fruit.

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Plot Keywords:

nero wolfe | novelist | button | abandoned baby | strangled to death | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Action

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Details

Release Date:

12 May 2002 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

A&E Television Networks, Jaffe/Braunstein Films, Pearson Television International

Did You Know?

Goofs

Wolfe advises the the client, Lucy Valdon, enter the brownstone by the back way, as Wolfe's house is under surveillance. Upon leaving, Archie shows her out by the front door.

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Quotes

Archie Goodwin: [on seeing Lucy's mansion] It was a modest little cottage with just enough room for the Russian army.

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Soundtracks

"Rhonda's Eyes"
(uncredited)
Written by Scooter Pietsch and Sidney James
5 Alarm Music
Archie meets Anne Tenzer after she becomes an heiress

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