The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977) s01e06 Episode Script

Tonight, Nancy Drew in The Secret of the Whispering Walls.
Super evening, Ned.
Thanks for the movies.
Good night, George.
Dad? Who's there? Is somebody there? Nancy, what's the matter? What happened? Don't touch anything.
Who was in here? King Kong? Grandfather's desk.
Dad's really gonna be upset.
Shh.
Listen.
Nancy, he's coming back.
George! Did you find out what's missing yet? Oh, uh, gee, I'll- I'll tell you later, hon, after my double vision goes.
Hi, George.
I'm sorry, Mr.
Drew.
I really- Stop.
Listen, uh, the main thing is that the two of you are okay.
You know, I-I think you're very fortunate young ladies.
And I'll, uh, I'll find out what's missing after I've gone through all of these files and folders.
There seem to be several files missing.
Hmm.
That's odd.
Now that's a nuisance.
What's a nuisance? Well, I can't find the folder on the sale of Aunt Ruby and Aunt Lela's farm.
It has no intrinsic value.
Now I'll have to go up to the capitol and get the sale documents replaced.
Well, I thought that sale was all wrapped up.
Well, not until we close escrow tomorrow.
We can't do that without those papers.
You'll have to call Aunt Ruby and tell her.
I don't envy you that.
Yeah.
Well But, Carson, I thought you said it was all settled.
Yeah, I know Aunt Ruby.
Aunt Lela? Uh, right here, Carson.
Good.
Now, look, it's not gonna delay your moving out all that much.
I- I'm on my way up to the capitol this morning a- and Nancy's coming up to explain to you what's happened.
I know Mr.
Warner is not gonna like it, either but you mustn't let him take possession until it's all legal.
And-and-and I promise you, I'll-I'll be there with the papers in a matter of hours.
Bye-bye.
Oh, oh, goodbye.
Goodbye, Carson.
Well, they're upset, but I know they'll calm down when you get there.
So your Aunt Ruby was married to a real southern gentleman.
Wow, what a life they must've lived.
It was a long time ago.
I'm just filling you in on these things so if at first they seem a little strange to you, you'll understand.
What do you mean, strange? I'm sure it's nothing.
If it's nothing, you sure did agree to come up here in an awful hurry.
Well, there is one thing about their selling their farm that gives me pause.
Don't pause when you're telling me about things that give you pause.
What gives you pause? I never cared much for Dinko Warner.
Dinko what? He's the farmer who's buying the place.
When I was a kid, I used to come up here, and he'd scare me to death with his tractor.
Oh, inadvertently, you mean.
No.
On purpose.
Nancy, watch out! You're trespassin'.
Trespassing? Just who do you think you are, ramming that machine in my car on my aunt's private property? We should call the police and have his tractor revoked.
I think I'll do that.
Your aunt? You that skinny Drew kid who used to come around here summers? Yes.
You're that ornery old farmer who used to try and ruin my summers scaring me out of my wits.
Well, didn't you just turn out to be quite the lady? I don't like this angle, Nancy.
Let's get out of here.
Nobody's gonna chase me off my aunt's property.
My property now.
Not until escrow closes.
Uh-uh, escrow closes noon today.
So git! Escrow does not close at noon today, so get my car out of this pit.
What'd you say? I said, why don't you hook up your tractor and pull my car out? I mean, before that, the part about the escrow not closin'.
You better be jokin'.
Well, there's been a temporary delay.
The papers were stolen.
Stolen? By who? Well, we don't know.
Somebody broke into our house last night.
That sounds fishy to me.
Looks like you're gettin' ready to move in instead of those old birds getting ready to move out.
We're gonna stay overnight.
My father is at the capitol getting new papers.
I don't believe a word you're sayin'.
Those old buzzards just changed their minds again.
We'll see if they get away with that.
Now, if I were you, I'd just turn around and go right back where I came from.
Well, what about my car? Yeah.
Mr.
Warner! He is really attractive.
You laugh.
It's a long walk to my aunt's house.
Let's get the bags.
Oh, bless my soul! Oh, I'm so happy to see you, Nancy.
It's been too long.
Oh, I know.
Oh, my.
Lela! Lela! Where is that woman? Coming.
Oh, Nancy! Dear, we have missed you so.
That's my friend George Fayne, Aunt Lela.
Is there something you want, Mr.
Warner? I warned those two young women.
Just remember, anything happens to 'em in this old house, blame your own conscience, not mine.
What did he mean by "if anything happens to us"? Oh, it's just his way of scaring people off with wild stories.
Not so wild.
I have heard those demons, and I have seen 'em.
Demons? Yeah, pink elephants, purple spiders.
Generally after she's had one of her coughing spells.
Yeah.
She can joke, but there's spirits that want us to stay in the house, I'm deadly serious.
You'll find out, Nancy.
Nancy, come, I wanna show you to your room.
Oh, I have missed you so.
Never mind.
We'll straighten her out later.
Did you two girls walk all that way? Well, no.
My car's stuck back there, thanks to Dinko Warner.
That man.
Well, never mind.
When Walter gets back, he'll fetch it for you.
You know, we were just about to move.
You're gonna have to take pot luck with food and bedding.
Oh, that's all right.
Just seeing you and Aunt Lela is all the comfort I need.
Oh.
I still don't get it, Mr.
Drew.
All the valuable stuff you've got in your office, and someone makes off with nothing worth anything we can think of.
If Nancy were here, she'd say it's obvious that we're overlooking the obvious.
Mmm-hmm.
Yeah, sure.
It's obvious this joker behind you doesn't know what he's doing.
What's the matter with him? Hey, look out! Hang on, Ned.
I don't know what he's doing.
He's crazy.
What's the matter with you? Hold on, Ned.
That was the best pot luck I've ever had.
The honey was delicious.
Oh, that's all due to Walter.
Ever since he and his wife Sylvia here took over running things, the bees are thriving.
Oh, Miss Ruby, you'll embarrass us talking like that.
Oh, we're going to miss you and Walter.
Wasn't that beef Wellington the best you ever tasted? Mmm-hmm.
Yes.
You know, I don't care for that Mr.
Warner.
You'll see, he's not gonna keep his promise about the bees.
Oh, he will or he'll be breaking the law.
It's all in those papers that Carson's getting.
Isn't that so, Nancy? Mr.
Warner is legally committed to maintaining the bees in the same condition they've been turned over in.
Thank you, Walter.
Aunt Lela's cough tonic.
Shouldn't you have heard from your dad by now? Well, going through all those dusty old records in red tape Well, just in case.
Sylvia better turn your beds down.
Not that you'll get much sleep.
On account of the ghosts, you mean? A ghost couldn't get any rest around here, the way your Aunt Lela talks in her sleep.
That is not true.
I hear them through the walls.
They still don't want us to sell the farm, and you know they never did.
That tonic is what makes you hear ghosts.
All right.
We'll wait and see if I hear them when we get to our new place.
You know, girls, we are moving to the desert.
Oh, Arizona? Las Vegas.
Good night.
Good night.
Thank you.
Oh, I'm-I'm so glad you're here.
If we get out of this spooky house, we can live it up in Las Vegas.
Lee.
Oh, I really used to enjoy myself, Ruby.
Uh, Miss Fayne, Miss Drew, may I get you anything else? Oh, we're fine.
Thanks.
Then good night.
Good night.
Oh, Mr.
Tobin.
Uh, Walter, please.
Uh, Walter, have you heard the ghosts Aunt Lela was talking about? I'd really rather not say, miss.
But why? Have you heard anything? Actually, no.
Oh, good.
Sylvia and I live in a cottage out back.
But if I may say, Miss Drew, I wish your aunts hadn't sold.
I'm not sure they'll be happy moving away from their home.
You care for them a great deal, don't you? Yes.
Yes, I do.
And the honey market is growing all the time.
This place will soon be on a paying basis.
What is it you think Aunt Lela hears? If you'll excuse me, miss.
I have to check the rest of the house.
Good night.
Of course.
Nancy, we could wear garlic charms.
They ward off ghosts.
And everybody else, George.
I wonder why we haven't heard from Dad.
I'm sure he's fine in a nice, warm, comfortable hotel.
Dr.
Peterson, report to surgery, please.
Good, Ned.
You're just in time to take this away.
At least you feel well enough to complain about the food.
You call that food? They don't want you to eat any solids till they finish with your X-rays.
Well, I'm fine.
I'm Uh-huh.
Well, maybe I did twist my back a little.
Here, let me help you.
No, no.
No, no, thank you.
Thank you.
I'll tell you how you can help.
I want you to call Nancy first thing in the morning and tell her we're tied up.
Then I want you to get a hold of those deeds as soon as you can.
You don't want me to tell her about the accident? No.
Y- You see, if you call her, then the accident needn't come up at all.
I want to do some checking before I start to worry her.
What kind of checking? On the deeds.
Why, what's wrong with the deeds? I think it's odd that we've had two, shall we say, unfortunate incidents in the last 24 hours concerning the purchase of that property.
You begin to get the feeling that maybe someone wants to stop it.
No, I don't get it.
The only person even interested in the property is the one who's most anxious for us to close the sale.
That's right.
It doesn't make any sense at all that he'd try to stop me filing the deed.
But that truck didn't stop.
Mr.
Drew, that was just plain hit-and-run.
Now, that truck could have killed us.
No one could be that desperate for your aunt's property.
Can you guarantee that nobody is that desperate, Ned? Lela, you're making those noises again.
Stop it.
Oh.
Nancy, the noise is coming from all the walls.
Do you hear them? I heard it.
I heard it.
And they're louder in your room.
Great! I got the room with quadraphonics.
There has to be a rational explanation, George.
There has to be something coming from someplace.
Let's find out what it is.
Do I sense a little reluctance? Yeah.
You sense a lot of reluctance.
You want to change rooms for the rest of the night? Oh, absolutely.
That's what I like.
Indecision.
Okay.
But if I leave, I want you to keep an eye on my aunts.
Leave? I'm going to do some investigating.
I'm going to get dressed.
There has to be a reason why.
You always have to know what it is, don't you? Who's that? Is somebody there? Who's there? Come out in the open where I can see you.
Oh, my goodness, you frightened me! How'd you get here? Oh, I couldn't sleep.
I was just going for a walk.
This time you're on my property.
Is that a shootable offense? Trespassin' is.
Oh, I must have missed the fence in the dark.
Sorry.
Well, I'd better be going.
If my aunts miss me, they might worry.
You know how they are.
I know.
It was nice talking to you.
I'm just gonna have to do somethin' about that meddling girl.
They're up to somethin', that Nancy Drew and her friend.
Come up here to persuade the two old gals not to go through with the deal.
I know it.
I can feel it.
What are you going to do about it? You're runnin' out of time.
George, what are you doing out here? I'm not sleeping in either of those rooms.
You're a real comfort, George, in times of stress.
Well, where were you? I went back to your room and you disappeared.
I took a shortcut to Dinko Warner's place.
There's a whole series of tunnels beneath this house.
And lights blinkin' on and off.
In the tunnel? No, on this farm.
You should hear the sounds down there.
No, thanks.
It's fantastic, like something from another planet.
Yeah? First thing tomorrow morning we're gonna get to the bottom of these strange goings-on.
Sleep tight, George.
Hello? Yes, it is.
Just a moment.
Nancy! Nancy! It's for you, dear.
It's a man.
Thank you.
Daddy? No, Nance.
It's me.
Ned.
Where are you? Why are you calling? I thought you'd be here early this morning.
Especially when you didn't call.
Uh, well, nothing's wrong.
Who said anything was wrong? I mean, the reason we're not there It's, uh, it's nothing to worry about.
Okay, Ned, what's happened? Is Daddy all right? Why didn't he call me? Ned, I want the entire truth out of you.
Dad never calls me when there's something he doesn't want to tell me.
Because he can't lie to me.
So, what is it? What's happened? Oh, for crying out Why do I always have to be in the middle? All right.
Something's wrong, but it's nothing serious.
I think.
Ned? Uh, he-he's in the hospital with a slight back sprain from the truck that that ran us off the road.
What truck? A blue job.
I only got the letters off the plate: B-L-A.
So far I haven't been able to trace it.
We don't have any proof that it has anything to do with the missing deeds.
Ned, if you're leaving anything out Leaving anything out? You've already conned me out of more than I know.
So far it may be nothing but a coincidence, but your father is checking it out.
Maybe there is more to the purchase of your aunt's farm than we know about.
Well, I think Dad's on the right track.
Things have been happening here, too.
Oh, yeah? W- what kind of things? I haven't figured them out yet, but I will.
I'm gonna do a lot of investigating today.
Tell me where you are so I can fill you and Dad in.
You'll hear from me.
Bye.
Okay, Ned.
I'll call you when I know more.
Goodbye.
Who are you calling? No one.
This phone is warm.
No kidding.
You have a fetish for not using warm phones? Someone was listening in on my conversation with Ned.
That must've been really exciting for him.
George, it isn't funny.
Dad's in the hospital and I think it has something to do with this place.
What time will Carson be here? Oh, he's been unexpectedly detained.
Oh, again? My, what is that nephew of ours up to? Aunt Lela, I discovered a very interesting fact about this place last night.
What is that, dear? The basement.
There was an underground tunnel leading from my bedroom.
Oh, this house is a catacomb of tunnels.
They used to use it for smuggling.
You know, back in the 1890s.
Oh, but they've been sealed up for years.
I'm sure you didn't get very far.
Oh, but those caverns, they can be dangerous.
No one's gone in there for years.
Oh, no.
I wouldn't go down there again if I were you.
Oh, Walter forgot to take out the trash.
We told him we wanted it burned this morning.
I saw a light in an upper window last night.
And a truck.
Oh, a truck? Well, I guess it was one of the honey trucks.
Yes, they come and go at all hours.
We'll take the trash out for you, Aunt Ruby.
Where does it go? Walter burns it back of that grove of trees.
We can't take chances on setting fire to any of the buildings.
Especially now that we've sold the place.
We'll be careful.
It really does grow on trees.
What? How did that get up there? If I knew the answer to that question I might know the answer to some of the other things around here.
I don't understand.
I don't either.
Yet.
What is that? I'm not sure.
A leaf? Is it? Isn't it? We'll see.
Let's get rid of the garbage and get back.
That's Walter's truck.
So? I'm gonna check out the barn.
I'll go put these in your room.
Hmm.
Another entrance to the tunnel.
What are you looking for, Miss Drew? What are you looking for? Well, I was looking for you! I, uh I found this when I was out taking some trash out for Aunt Lela.
I know you're the only one who works out there, I figured it might be yours.
Oh, yes.
Yes, $20 is a lot of money to lose.
Thank you.
My pleasure.
What's that mixture made of? Nail polish, lemon juice, and alcohol.
What can that do to you? I don't know, but let's keep it away from Aunt Lela.
Where did you get that one? Same place.
Oh, I've got it! That man's been burning your aunts' money so they'd be so poor they'd have to sell the ranch.
Nice try, George, only there's one problem with your theory.
What? Both these bills have the same number.
Oh, that's impossible.
There's something else.
What? Something else has been bothering me.
I'm gonna show you tonight.
There they go.
And here we go.
"B-L-A.
" Ned said that was part of the license number of the truck that ran Dad down.
Nancy, we gotta call the police.
First, we need some proof of what's going on.
It has to do something with your aunt not selling the farm.
That's not exactly an airtight case, George.
Come on, we're not going to learn anything here.
Okay, now that we're down here, which way do we go? The last time I think I went this way.
You think? We'll just follow the sounds.
Dinko, what are you doin' out here this time of night? I'm watchin' out for my interests.
Listen.
What is they up to? I don't know.
But that's my property now.
And everything underneath it as well.
Give me the lantern.
Dinko.
Dinko! Watch your step here.
The sounds are coming from all over the place.
These caverns go in every direction.
You can't expect me to get it first time.
I'll settle for second or third.
As long as it takes us back to River Heights.
There's your answer.
I didn't even ask a question.
That's Dinko Warner.
I know.
Come on, let's follow his light.
Do you hear those sounds? Maybe he's raising noisy mushrooms.
It doesn't take a block and tackle to get mushrooms out of the ground, George.
All right.
This is full.
Get it over to the hoist.
Right.
How's it coming? We should have the last of it within another hour.
We'd have been out of here days ago if that shipment of paper had arrived on time.
If they hadn't sold this place, there'd be no pressure at all.
$4 million is worth a little pressure.
That's a fair enough share for the $40 million we're delivering.
Prime product headed for Europe and we don't have to worry about passing a nickel out.
It seems a shame to leave all this equipment behind.
Oh, but there won't be any equipment, darling.
Just a collapsed cavern.
It'll be under It'll take them years to dig it out.
Hey, you two, hold on there.
This here's my property.
Hello, Dinko.
What are you doing- Hey! Hey, let me go! What're you taking off my property? Just money, Dinko.
Let's move him back.
Come on, we're getting out of here.
But there's still a lot more to go.
Put what we got in the van.
We can't take a chance of someone following him down.
We can't just leave him here.
We have no choice.
Run back for help.
Run where? Run back down the cavern.
Yell! My aunts will hear you.
Tell them to call the police and go to the barn.
What are you going to do? As soon as they leave, I'll free Mr.
Warner.
They're gonna blow this place up.
But Nancy- Don't worry, I'm right behind you.
Go on.
Shh.
I've got to get these untied.
Lela! Ruby! Call the police! Lela! Call the police! Get a move on, young lady.
This place is going up in smoke.
Miss Coot! I didn't do anything.
Aunt Lela! Aunt Ruby! Call the police! Call the police! Excuse me, ma'am.
I'm looking for Nancy Drew.
Lela, call the police! What was that? What was what? Miss Coot, call the police! George, is that you? Ned! Call the police! Uh, Mr.
Drew had me call them.
They're on their way.
George, where are you? W- w-where is she? I wish I knew.
Just get the police to the barn.
And if you don't find anything, go to Dinko's well.
All right.
To the barn, to the barn follow me.
It's the police.
Back down.
Back down.
It's all right.
We've got time.
Oh.
We'll go out through the well.
There's no one here.
Leave a couple of men.
Then, uh, let's go to Dinko's well.
Grab all the money you can.
Let's go.
Nancy! George, why did you stay down here? Believe me, it's not by choice.
I can't find the way up to the house.
Oh, it should be around here someplace.
Mr.
Warner? I don't know.
Shh.
Someone's coming.
Oh.
Oh, I-I can't go much further.
All right.
Dump the money.
Come on, Walter.
Dump the money.
The bomb will take care of it.
Come on.
Looks like they know where they're going.
My well is where they're headin'.
Let's follow them.
Nancy! George! You all right? Fine! Officer, arrest these people.
They're counterfeiters.
They got a whole cave full of money and machines.
Officer, I have no idea what this young lady's talking about.
We were looking for her.
She was lost in the tunnels.
My husband and I work for her aunts.
Officer, they're counterfeiters, and I can prove it.
If you'll just listen.
Uh, young lady, just what are you talking about? Dinko! Dinko! Dinko! That's what I'm talking about.
They're counterfeiters.
And that ain't all they are.
And I'll swear to it.
Better call for help.
We're going to need it before we get this one straightened out.
Too bad this stuff's not real, huh? Even if it were raining real money, I wouldn't have a bucket.
Come on, you two.
We got a lot of explaining to do to Aunt Ruby and Aunt Lela.
This may not be what Sylvia would've made.
Well, I'm gonna miss them both.
I think, everybody's gonna miss them for a long long time.
Thanks to Ned's quick thinking.
Oh, no.
All I did was remember the letters off the license plate.
You're the one who recognized it was from this county.
But you called the police.
Miss Coot.
Come in.
Mr.
Warner, I take it you're ready to close escrow.
Tell him, Dinko.
Well, not exactly.
Dora says after what your daughter did for me it ain't right takin' advantage.
Your aunts didn't know it, but there's a development company that's gonna buy both these places.
Didn't know that myself, till yesterday.
What Dinko means is the farm is worth twice what he was gonna pay.
But now we intend to share equal.
That sounds very fair.
Oh, it certainly does.
My! We'll have twice as much money when we get to Las Vegas.
Oh, oh, nephew, would you please pass me my tonic? Yes, Aunt Lela.