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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

19396.8 / 1060 min

Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Overview

THERE’S BEEN A MURDER IN THIS HOUSE! (AND IT’S HAUNTED TOO!)

Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the murder of their chauffeur complicates matters.

Cast

Bonita Granville

Nancy Drew

Frankie Thomas

Ted Nickerson

John Litel

Carson Drew

Frank Orth

Captain Tweedy

Renie Riano

Effie Schneider

Vera Lewis

Miss Rosemary Turnbull

Louise Carter

Miss Floretta Turnbull

William Gould

Daniel Talbert

George Guhl

Smitty

John Ridgely

Reporter

William Hopper

Reporter (as DeWolf Hopper)

Creighton Hale

Reporter

Frank Mayo

Tribune Photographer

Frederic Tozere

District Attorney's Investigator (as Fredric Tozere)

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)

Terry Nibert

Turnbull's Kitchen Maid (uncredited)

Paul Panzer

Reporter (uncredited)

Eddie Parker

Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

Bob Reeves

Cop (uncredited)

John J. Richardson

Reporter (uncredited)

Cliff Saum

Burt the Iceman (uncredited)

Joanne Tree

Teen (uncredited)

Jack Wise

Second Photographer (uncredited)

Crew

William Clemens

Director

Mildred Wirt Benson

Story

Kenneth Gamet

Screenplay

L. William O'Connell

Director of Photography

Bryan Foy

Associate Producer

Hal B. Wallis

Executive Producer

Jack L. Warner

Executive Producer

Heinz Roemheld

Original Music Composer

Louis Hesse

Editor

Ted Smith

Art Direction

Milo Anderson

Costume Design

Lee Hugunin

Unit Manager

Russell Saunders

Assistant Director

Everett Alton Brown

Sound

Edward Stratemeyer

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