Die Like a Dog (28 Apr. 2002)

A murdered man's dog, who has attached himself to Archie and been accepted at the Wolfe brownstone, provides a vital clue to solving his master's murder.

Director:

James Tolkan

Writers:

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

Stars:

Timothy Hutton, Maury Chaykin, Colin Fox

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Timothy Hutton	...	Archie Goodwin
Maury Chaykin	...	Nero Wolfe
Colin Fox	...	Fritz Brenner
Bill Smitrovich	...	Inspector Cramer
Kari Matchett	...	Jewel Jones
James Tolkan	...	Loftus, Dog Expert
R.D. Reid	...	Sergeant Purley Stebbins
Steve Cumyn	...	Ross Chaffee
Julian Richings	...	Jerome Aland
Bill MacDonald	...	Richard Meegan
Alex Poch-Goldin	...	Victor Talento
Angelo Tsarouchas	...	Cabbie
Robbie Rox	...	Policeman

Storyline

Photographer Richard Meegan angrily storms out of Wolfe's brownstone when the investigator declines to look for his runaway wife and mistakenly puts on Archie's raincoat when he leaves. When the gumshoe goes to his apartment to retrieve the outergarment, he finds the apartment house surrounded by reporters and passersby and learns that one of the tenants has been murdered. The dead man's black Labrador retriever attaches himself to Archie and follows him back to the residence. Surprisingly, Wolfe allows him to stay, naming his new pet "Jet" over the objections of Archie, who prefers the name, "Inkie." The animal and artist's model Jewel Jones, Meegan's ex-wife, help the detectives expose the killer.

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Plot Keywords:

runaway wife | photographer | murder | pet | dog | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Action

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Details

Release Date:

28 April 2002 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Did You Know?

Quotes

Archie Goodwin: [referring to Jewel] She had the damsel-in-distress bit down to a science.

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Soundtracks

"Humoresque"
(uncredited)
Written by Antonín Dvorák
KPM CS 7:7
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