Movie: "Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase"
| Release Date: | Sep 1939 |
|---|---|
| Genres: | Mystery / Crime / Comedy |
| Runtime: | 60 min. |
| Cast: | Bonita Granville (Nancy Drew), Frankie Thomas (Ted Nickerson), John Litel (Carson Drew) Frank Orth (Captain Tweedy) Renie Riano (Effie Schneider, the Housekeeper) Vera Lewis (Miss Rosemary Turnbull) Louise Carter (Miss Floretta Turnbull) William Gould (Daniel Talbert) George Guhl (Smitty, a Policeman) John Ridgely (Reporter) William Hopper (Reporter (as DeWolf Hopper)) Creighton Hale (Reporter) Frank Mayo (Tribune Photographer) Frederic Tozere (District Attorney's Investigator) Don Rowan (Phillips the Chauffeur) Dick Elliott (McKeever) Fern Barry (McKeever's Secretary (uncredited)) Nat Carr (Policeman (uncredited)) Sol Gorss (Reporters' Driver (uncredited)) Frank Meredith (Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)) Jack Mower (Ice Company Dispatcher (uncredited)) Psyche Neibert (Turnbull's Kitchen Maid...) Paul Panzer (Reporter (uncredited)) Eddie Parker (Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)) Bob Reeves (Cop (uncredited)) Jack Richardson (Reporter (uncredited)) Cliff Saum (Burt the Iceman (uncredited)) Joanne Tree (Teen (uncredited)) Jack Wise (Second Photographer (uncredited)) |
Storyline: Rosemary and Floretta Turnbull have deeded their family estate to charity. However, the property, which was willed to them by their father, is not quite yet theirs as the will stipulated that they needed to live in the house everyday for twenty consecutive years, their time period with two weeks to go. However they may not make it to the twenty year mark as things seem to be happening around the house that are scaring them into moving out. Their chauffeur is killed in the house (they're not sure if it was suicide or murder), they hear strange noises and there are minor thefts without any sign of break-ins. Nancy Drew does whatever she can to keep the Turnbull sisters in the house, even faking evidence to the police. But she and her next door neighbor, Ted Nickerson, investigate to find plausible explanations for these happenings and if indeed someone is trying to drive the sisters out of the house.
|
||||||||||
 |
|
buy |