A Nero Wolfe Mystery The Next Witness (2001–2002) Online
- Original Title :
- The Next Witness
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Action / Drama / Mystery
- Year :
- 2001–2002
- Directror :
- James Tolkan
- Cast :
- Timothy Hutton,Maury Chaykin,Bill Smitrovich
- Writer :
- Sharon Elizabeth Doyle,Rex Stout
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 46min
- Rating :
- 8.8/10
Wolfe and Archie are subpoenaed to testify in the murder trial of businessman Leonard Ashe, accused of strangling a phone operator whom he had asked to spy on his wife. Wolfe resents having to give testimony against a man he believes to be innocent as well as being uncomfortable having to sit next to a heavily perfumed woman in court. He suddenly bolts out of the courtroom in order to find the evidence necessary to cast reasonable doubt on the prosecution's case. His suspicions are confirmed when he discovers that one of the dead woman's co-workers is able to afford an original Van Gogh on her $80 a week salary.
| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Timothy Hutton | - | Archie Goodwin |
 | Maury Chaykin | - | Nero Wolfe |
 | Bill Smitrovich | - | Inspector Cramer |
 | Conrad Dunn | - | Saul Panzer |
| Christine Brubaker | - | Bella Velardi |
| R.D. Reid | - | Sergeant Purley Stebbins |
 | Saul Rubinek | - | Lon Cohen |
| Robert Bockstael | - | Jimmy Donovan |
 | Nicky Guadagni | - | Alice Hart |
 | Richard Waugh | - | Guy Unger |
 | David Schurmann | - | Leonard Ashe |
 | Boyd Banks | - | Clyde Bagby |
 | Wayne Best | - | D.A. Mandelbaum |
 | Francie Swift | - | Helen Weltz |
 | Beau Starr | - | Judge Corbett |