"A Nero Wolfe Mystery" The Doorbell Rang (TV Episode 2001) - Debra Monk as Mrs. Rachel Bruner

Nero Wolfe : You say, "stop him." I take it you mean, compel the FBI to stop annoying you?

Mrs. Rachel Bruner : Yes.

Nero Wolfe : How?

Mrs. Rachel Bruner : I don't know.

Nero Wolfe : Nor do I. No, madam. You invited it, and you have it.

Mrs. Rachel Bruner : [trying to goad Wolfe] I thought you were afraid of nobody and nothing.

Nero Wolfe : [unruffled] I can dodge folly without backing into fear.
Mrs. Rachel Bruner : [gushing] Is there anything you can't do?

Nero Wolfe : Yes, madame, there is. I couldn't put sense into a fool's brain if I tried.
Mrs. Rachel Bruner : Do I need to tell you who I am?

Nero Wolfe : Mr. Goodwin named you, and I read newspapers.

Mrs. Rachel Bruner : I know you do. I know a great deal about you. That's why I'm here. I want you to do something perhaps no other man alive could do. You read books too? Have you read one entitled "The F.B.I. Nobody Knows?"

Nero Wolfe : Yes.

Mrs. Rachel Bruner : Did it impress you?

Nero Wolfe : [pausing] Yes.

Mrs. Rachel Bruner : Favorably?

Nero Wolfe : Yes.

Mrs. Rachel Bruner : My goodness, you're curt.

Nero Wolfe : I answered your questions, madam.

Mrs. Rachel Bruner : I know you did. I can be curt, too.

Debra Monk: Mrs. Rachel Bruner