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The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe: Stamped for Murder

1950. NBC radio's orchid-loving gourmand detective chases a fraudulent treasure map. Stars Sydney Greenstreet. From December 2016.

NBC radio's orchid-loving gourmand detective genius chases a fraudulent treasure map.

Stars Sydney Greenstreet as Nero Wolfe and Wally Maher as Archie Goodwin.

British actor, Sydney Greenstreet's stage career didn't give way to cinema roles until he reached his sixties, when his co-stars included Peter Lorre and Humphrey Bogart.

The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe ran from 1950-1951.

Wolfe originated in Rex Stout's books and two films were made, but the author disapproved and the character didn't stray into vision again until the late 1970s.

Written by Alfred Bester.
Director: J Donald Wilson
Producer: Edwin Fadiman

One of a series of selected shows from the golden days of American radio in the 1940s and 50s, when many of Hollywood's greatest screen stars were regular performers - often re-enacting their famous film roles.

First broadcast on NBC Radio in the USA in 1950.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 7 Dec 2018 02:00

Broadcasts

  • Thu 29 Dec 2016 10:30
  • Thu 29 Dec 2016 15:30
  • Fri 30 Dec 2016 03:30
  • Thu 6 Dec 2018 14:00
  • Fri 7 Dec 2018 02:00