Too Many Clients: Part 1 

When a philandering womanizer with a lavish secret love nest penthouse is found murdered, Wolfe finds he has almost as many clients as suspects.

Director:

John L'Ecuyer

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
Bill MacDonald	...	Austin Hough
Marty Moreau	...	Cabbie
Jeannette Sousa	...	Maria Perez
R.D. Reid	...	Sergeant Purley Stebbins
Saul Rubinek	...	Lon Cohen
Alex Poch-Goldin	...	Cesar Perez
Lucy Filippone	...	Mrs. Perez
Kari Matchett	...	Meg Duncan

Storyline

Archie agrees to help corporate executive Thomas Yaeger find out who's been following him to a certain address in one of the seedier area of town but later finds that his new client's dead body has been found in an alley near that address. After seeing Yaeger's picture, he realizes that the man who hired him was an impostor. Archie investigates the address and discovers a lavish penthouse apartment atop the otherwise run-down building. He quickly learns that the real Yaeger was a philandering womanizer who held virtually nonstop liaisons with a parade of beautiful women in this garish love nest decorated with erotic art. Wolfe is hired by Yaeger's employer, the Puerto Rican family that superintends the building, and the dead man's materialistic widow, all of whom have separate agendas and are all viewed as suspects by the detective.

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Plot Keywords:

penthouse | love nest | puerto rican | erotic art | episode title spoken by character | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 June 2002 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

A+E Networks, Fremantle, Jaffe/Braunstein Films

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Nero Wolfe: A modern satyr is part man, part pig, part jack-ass. He hasn't even the charm of the roguish; he doesn't lean gracefully against a tree with flute in hand. The only quality he has preserved from his Attic ancestors is his lust, and he gratifies it in the dark corners of other men's beds or hotel rooms, not in the shade of an olive tree on a sunny hillside. The preposterous bower of carnality you have described is a sorry makeshift, but at least Mr. Yeager tried. A pig and a jack-ass yes, but ...

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Soundtracks

El Choclo
(uncredited)
Written by Angel Gregorio Villoldo
Arranged by Colin Frechter
KPM 164:13
Archie searches the bower of carnality, and Fred arrives on the job

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