Cast
- Nero Wolfe — The private investigator.
- Archie Goodwin — Wolfe's assistant (and the narrator of all Wolfe stories).
- Mr. and Mrs. Robert Robilotti — Mrs. Louise Grantham Robilotti is a wealthy heiress, who inherited the fortune of her first husband, Mr. Grantham, and later married Mr. Robilotti.
- Faith Usher, Helen Yarmis, Rose Tuttle and Ethel Varr — Four honored guests at a dinner party given by Mrs. Robilotti.
- Elaine Usher — Faith's estranged mother.
- Austin "Dinky" Byne — Mrs. Robilotti's nephew.
- Edwin Laidlaw — A publisher who is terrified that his prior relationship with Miss Usher will be exposed by the investigation into her death.
- Cecil and Celia Grantham — Mrs. Robilotti's son and daughter from her first marriage.
- Paul Schuster and Beverly Kent — Along with Edwin Laidlaw and Archie Goodwin, dinner partners for the young women at the party.
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