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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)
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9 September 1939 (USA) morePlot:
Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the murder of their chauffeur complicates matters. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Final in the Series moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
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Ted Nickerson: [trying to impress the maid with a joke] A duck is a chicken with snowshoes.Nancy Drew: And a halfwit is a person who spends half their time trying to be witty.
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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Fourth and final film in Warner's detective series has Bonita Granville returning as Nancy Drew. In this film, two old women are about to turn over their property to charity but someone is trying to haunt them out of it. You see, the women must stay there day and night for two weeks or the will is no good and the property is turned over to the city. This final film is the shortest of the four (only running 60 minutes) but it's also the weakest. There isn't any comedy to speak of and none of the mystery aspects are fully recognized. Granville is good in her role as usual but the supporting characters are weak this time out.