A photojournalist, L.B. "Jeff" Jefferies, is stuck in his apartment with a broken leg and passes the time watching his neighbors. He becomes convinced that one of them, Lars Thorwald, has murdered his wife.
On the big screen for the first time in over fifty years, Rex Stout's Armchair detective Nero Wolfe comes to life to take on a foe as powerful and as stubborn as he is: the FBI.