Help Wanted, Male (23 Jun. 2002)

Wolfe hires a look-alike double to stand in for him after he receives a death threat, the exact same threat that was carried out earlier against a potential Wolfe client.

Director:

John L'Ecuyer

Writers:

Mark Stein (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
R.D. Reid	...	Sergeant Purley Stebbins
James Tolkan	...	Ben Jenson
Richard Waugh	...	Major Emil Jensen
George Plimpton	...	General Carpenter
Robert Bockstael	...	Colonel Dickey
Steve Cumyn	...	Peter Root
Kari Matchett	...	Jane Geer
Larry Drake	...	Hackett
Randy Butcher	...	Doyle

Storyline

Wolfe turns away a frightened prospective client who desperately wants Wolfe to defend him after receiving a threatening letter. When the man is murdered hours thereafter, Wolfe fears for his own life after he receives an identical letter. He hires a lookalike to impersonate him at $100 per diem and waits for the murderer to reveal him or herself.

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Plot Keywords:

death threat | police inspector | murder | anonymous letter | ginger snaps | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Action

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 June 2002 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

A&E Television Networks, Fremantle Media, Jaffe/Braunstein Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"Helped Wanted Male" appeared in the anthology "Trouble in Triplicate" with two other Stout novels.

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Goofs

Archie asks Fritz to look at an ad in the "Star," but the visible part of the banner on Fritz's newspaper says "NEW YORK R - ."

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Quotes

Jane Geer: Fat coward!
Nero Wolfe: I hired this man, not out of cowardice but conceit. I am insufferably conceited. Should I be killed, I doubted that the murderer would ever be caught.

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Crazy Credits

In "Help Wanted, Male", the actors' names are pieced together from assorted letters cut out of magazines.

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Soundtracks

"In the Swing"
(uncredited)
Written by Alan Moorhouse
KPM 91:20
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