The League of Frightened Men

Nero Wolfe agrees to investigate a series of murders that seem to be tied in with a past Harvard hazing prank that went awry.

Cast

Walter Connolly

as Nero Wolfe

Lionel Stander

as Archie Goodwin

Eduardo Ciannelli

as Paul Chapin

Irene Hervey

as Evelyn Hibbard

Victor Kilian

as Pitney Scott

Nana Bryant

as Agnes Burton

Walter Kingsford

as Ferdinand E. Bowen

Ian Wolfe

as Nicholas Cabot

Leonard Mudie

as Andrew Hibbard

Rafaela Ottiano

as Dora Chapin

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Walter Connolly is really only competent in this rather lightweight crime thriller. His "Nero Wolfe" character is called upon to investigate the killings of some Harvard alumni many years after a hazing incident at the frat house went spectacularly wrong; leaving one poor fresher crippled. Now I've ...

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