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After a wealthy dowager who has made a substantial donation to her alma mater suddenly disappears, Nancy Drew sets out to solve the mystery.
Bonita Granville - Nancy Drew
John Litel - Carson Drew
James Stephenson - Challon
Frankie Thomas - Ted Nickerson
Frank Orth - Captain Tweedy
Helena Phillips Evans - Mary Eldredge
Renie Riano - Effie Schneider
Charles Trowbridge - Hollister
Dick Purcell - Keiffer
Edward Keane - Adam Thorne (as Ed Keane)
Mae Busch - Miss Tyson
Tommy Bupp - Spud Murphy
Betty Jane Graham - Brinwood Student
Stuart Holmes - Telegrapher
Vera Lewis - Miss Van Deering
Jack Mower - Radio Station Technician
John Ridgely - Radio Station Technician
Cliff Saum - Farmer
Joanne Tree - Brinwood Student with Black Hat
Brandon Tynan - Dr. Raymond 'Ray' Spires
Lottie Williams - Mrs. Ray Spires
Tom Wilson - Brennan, the Gate Guard
Director - William Clemens
Bonita Granville - Nancy Drew
John Litel - Carson Drew
James Stephenson - Challon
Frankie Thomas - Ted Nickerson
Frank Orth - Captain Tweedy
Helena Phillips Evans - Mary Eldredge
Renie Riano - Effie Schneider
Charles Trowbridge - Hollister
Dick Purcell - Keiffer
Edward Keane - Adam Thorne (as Ed Keane)
Mae Busch - Miss Tyson
Tommy Bupp - Spud Murphy
Betty Jane Graham - Brinwood Student
Stuart Holmes - Telegrapher
Vera Lewis - Miss Van Deering
Jack Mower - Radio Station Technician
John Ridgely - Radio Station Technician
Cliff Saum - Farmer
Joanne Tree - Brinwood Student with Black Hat
Brandon Tynan - Dr. Raymond 'Ray' Spires
Lottie Williams - Mrs. Ray Spires
Tom Wilson - Brennan, the Gate Guard
Director - William Clemens
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00:00:00The End
00:00:30The End
00:01:00And ladies, you may be seated.
00:01:10Nancy Drew, chairman of the committee, will now take charge.
00:01:14Thank you, Mr. Van Duren.
00:01:17Members of the committee,
00:01:19today I have the honor to present a very distinguished visitor,
00:01:23the lady to whom Brynwood owes its good fortune,
00:01:26Miss Mary Eldridge of St. Louis.
00:01:30My dear young ladies,
00:01:33most of you never heard of me until recently,
00:01:35but I was born here in River Heights
00:01:37and attended Brynwood just as you were doing.
00:01:40That was 50 years ago.
00:01:42I have a great affection for this school.
00:01:45That's why I wanted to do something
00:01:47to show my appreciation for what Brynwood had done for me.
00:01:50So I'm giving my money to Brynwood
00:01:53and the students who are to come.
00:01:54Tomorrow morning, Mr. Hollister and I
00:01:59are meeting at Mr. Drew's office
00:02:02to arrange the legal details.
00:02:04The amount will be $250,000.
00:02:09Miss Eldridge,
00:02:10the figure was, uh,
00:02:12$200,000.
00:02:13I've changed my mind.
00:02:16As I understand it,
00:02:17you girls,
00:02:18acting as a committee,
00:02:19conducted a vote of the students
00:02:21to determine to what use this money should be put.
00:02:24Is that right?
00:02:25Yes.
00:02:27Well then,
00:02:28which is it to be?
00:02:30A new science building,
00:02:32a library,
00:02:33a fine arts building,
00:02:35or a new administration building?
00:02:37A swimming pool!
00:02:39Well, I see the welcoming committee's on hand
00:02:49bright and early this morning.
00:02:50Morning, dear.
00:02:51Morning, girls.
00:02:52Look what we got for Miss Eldridge.
00:02:54Isn't it super?
00:02:55Yeah, super, yeah.
00:02:57Very, very handsome.
00:02:59Don't you think it's rather a small gift
00:03:00for such a large donation?
00:03:02Oh, it's not the size of the gift that counts.
00:03:04It's the sentiment it represents.
00:03:06Oh, oh, I see.
00:03:07Well, perhaps you should add that to the inscription.
00:03:09Oh, yes!
00:03:11Girls, Miss Eldridge will be here in a moment.
00:03:12I think you'd better sit down.
00:03:14Nancy,
00:03:15I want you to make the presentation.
00:03:17Oh, I don't think I should make all the speeches
00:03:18from Sendeering.
00:03:20Oh, go ahead, Nancy.
00:03:21It'll be a good experience
00:03:21if you're going to be a lawyer.
00:03:22Oh, I didn't know you were planning to be a lawyer, Nancy.
00:03:25I think every intelligent woman
00:03:26should have a career.
00:03:30Morning, Mr. Hollister.
00:03:31Good morning.
00:03:33Where's Miss Eldridge?
00:03:34Miss Eldridge is gone.
00:03:35Gone?
00:03:36How come?
00:03:37Where?
00:03:38I don't know.
00:03:39She called me early this morning
00:03:40to tell me she was leaving town
00:03:42for a rest cure
00:03:42and not to try to find her
00:03:44because she didn't want to be disturbed.
00:03:45What about us?
00:03:46And she made no mention of a donation.
00:03:48Only that she regretted the necessity
00:03:50of leaving so suddenly.
00:03:52Then we won't get our swimming pool.
00:03:54Seems rather strange.
00:03:56Mr. Hollister,
00:03:57didn't Miss Eldridge even say
00:03:58when she was coming back?
00:03:59No, Nancy, she didn't.
00:04:03Oh, believe me,
00:04:04I am sorry this had to happen.
00:04:05I know how disappointed
00:04:07you must all feel.
00:04:08If Miss Eldridge has changed her mind,
00:04:11you must understand
00:04:12and make allowances.
00:04:13She has her eccentricities
00:04:14and one of them
00:04:15is a great fear
00:04:16of ill health.
00:04:18I see.
00:04:19Well, I guess there's nothing
00:04:20we can do about it then.
00:04:22I'm afraid not.
00:04:23If I hear anything,
00:04:24I'll let you know.
00:04:25Thanks, Hollister.
00:04:26Good-bye.
00:04:30Good-bye.
00:04:32I bet she never intended
00:04:34to give us any money.
00:04:35I bet she didn't either.
00:04:36Oh, she won't come back.
00:04:37She's just a crazy old woman.
00:04:38She's not.
00:04:39You mustn't say those things.
00:04:41You have to stick up for her
00:04:42because your grandmother
00:04:42went to school with her.
00:04:43You probably knew all the time
00:04:44she was just bluffing.
00:04:45Why, Tereka Langley.
00:04:46Young lady.
00:04:47We must look at it philosophically.
00:04:49After all,
00:04:50Grimwood has survived
00:04:51a great many years
00:04:52without a swimming pool.
00:04:54Just the same.
00:04:55I'll prove Miss Eldridge
00:04:56meant what she said.
00:04:58I'll find her
00:04:59and get her to write
00:05:00a letter or something.
00:05:01You'll have to be a magician.
00:05:02Even if you do,
00:05:03why don't you just feel
00:05:03full of hot air?
00:05:04I think we'd better go.
00:05:06Come, Suzanne.
00:05:07Good day, Mr. Drew.
00:05:09Good day.
00:05:22Well, Nancy,
00:05:32looks like we've got
00:05:33a fruit bowl, doesn't it?
00:05:35You think Miss Eldridge
00:05:36will come back,
00:05:37don't you, Dad?
00:05:39I think it best
00:05:40if you forget all about Miss Eldridge.
00:05:42I wouldn't let her
00:05:42spoil my vacation.
00:05:44After all, you know,
00:05:45she did seem a little bit
00:05:46eccentric.
00:05:48Eccentric?
00:05:51I'll show you.
00:05:52All of you.
00:05:53I'll find Miss Eldridge
00:05:55if it takes me
00:05:55a hundred million years.
00:06:04Hi, Dr. Spires.
00:06:06Hello, Nancy.
00:06:22I'll find you.
00:06:26I'll find Miss Eldridge.
00:06:26Oh, son.
00:06:27I'll find Miss Eldridge.
00:06:28I'll find Miss Eldridge.
00:06:28I'll be 20 by 60peate.
00:06:29And Miss Eldridge.
00:06:30Really nice.
00:06:31I thought this one went slummy.
00:07:01Don't forget the tickets.
00:07:05Hello, Effie.
00:07:06Good evening, Mr. Drew.
00:07:08What's that face?
00:07:10Well, if it isn't, I've been swindled.
00:07:12Is that your dad?
00:07:13Yes, Nancy.
00:07:19Hi.
00:07:20Gee, I'm glad you're home.
00:07:22Oh, you are, dear.
00:07:23Oh, if you'd only seen what happened this afternoon.
00:07:25Don't tell me you found Miss Eldridge.
00:07:27Oh, no, it's not Miss Eldridge.
00:07:28It's the North Road.
00:07:29I didn't see who was in it.
00:07:30It was in the North Road?
00:07:31No, no, the touring car.
00:07:32I was driving along my way back from West O when it happened.
00:07:34And I didn't know what to do about it
00:07:35because I wasn't sure that there was anything to it yet.
00:07:37So I tried to follow them,
00:07:38but I lost the car on account of the blow-up.
00:07:40I mean, blow-out.
00:07:41The touring car blew up?
00:07:42Oh, no, no, Dad.
00:07:43You've got it all wrong.
00:07:44I had the blow-out on my car.
00:07:45And that's why I wasn't sure it wasn't all right.
00:07:47Hold on.
00:07:48Hold on, young lady.
00:07:49You've got me a little dizzy.
00:07:50Now, start at the beginning and tell me very slowly.
00:07:53Well, here's what happened.
00:07:54I was driving through...
00:07:55Dr. Spires is on the phone.
00:07:56Oh.
00:07:57Dr. Spires?
00:07:58Uh, don't go away, Nancy.
00:07:59I want to hear that story.
00:08:05Hello, Ray.
00:08:06What can I do for you?
00:08:07No, I didn't want to see you.
00:08:08But I want to talk to you anyway.
00:08:10I'm afraid to go to the police and...
00:08:12Well, if...
00:08:14If you come over and I'll explain what it's all about.
00:08:16All right, I'll be right there.
00:08:17I'll drive you there.
00:08:18Whoa, whoa.
00:08:19It's me he wants to see you.
00:08:20Oh, but I've got to go, Dad.
00:08:21It's my case and my fault, too.
00:08:23That's what I've been trying to tell you.
00:08:25I told Mrs. Spires this afternoon,
00:08:27pretended I was calling the doctor for you.
00:08:28Because I didn't want to alarm her.
00:08:29Well, why so that alarm her?
00:08:31I saw Dr. Spires kidnapped.
00:08:32Kidnapped?
00:08:33Uh-huh.
00:08:34Come on, Miss Sherlock.
00:08:37There were two men in the car.
00:08:39I was blindfolded and driven to a house
00:08:42which appeared to be far out in the country.
00:08:44It was a patient.
00:08:45A woman with a dislocated shoulder
00:08:47which had been flungently treated.
00:08:48And you had no idea who she was?
00:08:50No.
00:08:51But I'm sure she was being held against her will.
00:08:55I was watched every moment by the man
00:08:57who took me to the place where she was.
00:08:59He held a gun on me.
00:09:01Besides, the patient was unconscious,
00:09:03as if she'd been drugged.
00:09:04Dr. Spires, was the patient an old lady?
00:09:07Yes, Nancy.
00:09:08She was rather elderly.
00:09:09Dad, I'll bet you 2380 that that woman was Miss Eldridge.
00:09:13You knew Mary Eldridge, Ray?
00:09:15Oh, so many years since I've seen her.
00:09:18It might have been she.
00:09:20But I wouldn't swear.
00:09:21Do you think you'd recognize that house again?
00:09:24They were very careful.
00:09:25I shouldn't see the outside.
00:09:26But from the inside,
00:09:28it was a sort of a large, old-fashioned place.
00:09:31How long did you ride?
00:09:33For an hour, I should judge.
00:09:36Well, assuming that you were traveling
00:09:37at the average speed of about 40 miles an hour...
00:09:39That would make it at least 30 miles from here.
00:09:41That's right, Nancy.
00:09:42Oh, there was one other thing.
00:09:44As we drove into that place today,
00:09:47the man driving muttered bluebells to someone on guard.
00:09:51Evidently at a gate, for I remember a driveway.
00:09:55Bluebells?
00:09:56That was probably a...
00:09:57Password?
00:09:58Yes, it must have been a password.
00:10:00Carson, I don't like the idea of getting involved in this,
00:10:05but I suppose we should turn it over to the police.
00:10:09Yes, but what about their threat?
00:10:11These men are apt to cause you a lot of trouble.
00:10:13I'm afraid I'll... I'll have to take that risk.
00:10:16Besides, you're a good lawyer, and...
00:10:18Well, you can explain it to the police without jeopardizing me,
00:10:22can't you?
00:10:23I suppose so.
00:10:24I'll try.
00:10:25Nancy, you wouldn't mind driving me over to police headquarters,
00:10:28would you?
00:10:29Mind?
00:10:30Don't be eccentric.
00:10:31Come on!
00:10:41Good night, Ray.
00:10:42I'll let you know if I'm in.
00:10:44Good night, Mr. Spire.
00:10:45Good night, Ray.
00:10:52Now, hunch was right.
00:10:53That guy is Carson Drew.
00:10:54Deloia?
00:10:55Yeah.
00:10:56Let's follow him.
00:11:09You know, it's just occurred to me, if Dr. Spires is deeply involved,
00:11:13it appears we may run into danger ourselves.
00:11:15We're probably being followed right now.
00:11:18What?
00:11:19What makes you think so?
00:11:20That car behind us with the dim headlight.
00:11:25Step up.
00:11:26Turn the corner.
00:11:27Get rid of it.
00:11:29What are you laughing at?
00:11:30Oh, Dad, don't be so nervous.
00:11:32I was only kidding.
00:11:33I was only kidding.
00:11:34Oh.
00:11:47Come on, Dad.
00:11:51There's only one reason they're going in there.
00:11:53Spire's been shooting off his face.
00:11:56Now, are you sure that's all there is?
00:11:58You know, sometimes it's the smallest fact or detail about a case
00:12:01that eventually leads to the apprehension of a criminal.
00:12:04Did you know that?
00:12:05I did, Captain Tweedy.
00:12:06I heard your broadcast.
00:12:08Another one of my fans, Mr. Drew.
00:12:10I've been getting a lot of letters about my broadcasting.
00:12:12Have you any theories concerning that house, Captain?
00:12:15Well, it's a strange story, Mr. Drew.
00:12:19It'll take a little thinking out.
00:12:26However, the place being so far out in the country,
00:12:28I'd say those crooks are running the gambling house.
00:12:30If I only knew who that old lady was.
00:12:33But Nancy thinks it might be Miss Eldridge, Captain.
00:12:35There's no proof.
00:12:36It's easy to find out.
00:12:37Just look around the country in a radius of 30 or 40 miles
00:12:40until you find a big old-fashioned house.
00:12:41That's all you have to do.
00:12:43That's all I have to do.
00:12:45I'm a busy man, little girl.
00:12:47There's hundreds, thousands of old-fashioned houses around here.
00:12:50Well, I thought that...
00:12:51Detective has to have more than that to go by.
00:12:53Could you work on the license plate number of the kidnapped car?
00:12:59Do you know it?
00:13:00I know the last part of it.
00:13:0108.
00:13:0208.
00:13:03The rest of the plate was padded with mud, so I couldn't read it.
00:13:05Don't worry about that, little girl.
00:13:0708.
00:13:08That's the kind of information that's valuable to a detective.
00:13:11Are you sure you can find the car from those two numbers?
00:13:13Am I sure?
00:13:14Listen, I round up every car that ends in 08, and I'll grab that machine.
00:13:18Just like that.
00:13:20How many automobiles are there in the state, Captain Tweedy?
00:13:22Oh, a couple of million. Why?
00:13:24I was just thinking.
00:13:25That would be about 20,000 licenses ending in 08, wouldn't it?
00:13:29Yeah, I guess.
00:13:30And since you don't know the state in which the license was issued,
00:13:33you might have to look through about four or five hundred thousand cars
00:13:35before you found the right one.
00:13:37And you could do it just like that.
00:13:40My, that's wonderful.
00:13:43Well, I guess we'd better be going.
00:13:47I'm very glad to have met a real detective, Captain Tweedy.
00:13:50Come, Nancy. Bye, Captain.
00:13:52Goodbye.
00:13:57Dad, remember that car with the dim headlight?
00:14:00The one you were kidding me about?
00:14:02Yeah.
00:14:03Well, what about it?
00:14:04Well, just supposing that it was the kidnapped car,
00:14:07and just suppose that it had been following us all the way from Dr. Spire's house.
00:14:11What would you do?
00:14:13Don't worry, Nancy. I'd think up something.
00:14:15Well, you better start thinking.
00:14:17They're right behind us.
00:14:18What?
00:14:23Hold tight, Deb.
00:14:25Hold tight, Deb.
00:14:34What are you doing?
00:14:35I'm going to follow them for a change.
00:14:37Nothing doing, young lady.
00:14:39Don't worry.
00:14:40Don't worry.
00:14:41Don't worry.
00:14:42Don't worry.
00:14:43Don't worry.
00:14:44This is getting too dangerous for you.
00:14:45We're going home, and you're going to keep out of the whole affair
00:14:47while you're in one piece.
00:14:48From now on, it's up to Captain Tweedy.
00:14:50Captain Tweedy?
00:14:51I should say not.
00:14:53That conceited Tweet Tweet, what a character.
00:14:56I'll show him.
00:14:57You'll do nothing of the kind.
00:14:59Now drive home.
00:15:00But, Deb, what about my pride?
00:15:02He challenged me.
00:15:03Actually, he threw down the gauntlet to me.
00:15:05Well, let it lay, Nancy.
00:15:07Let it lay.
00:15:12Shift.
00:15:13One, two, three.
00:15:15Yep.
00:15:19Ted Nicholson, what are you doing in my flower bed?
00:15:22Well, I'm certainly not picking posies.
00:15:24Oh, man, you're hurt.
00:15:26How are you, Ted?
00:15:27Oh, man, you're hurt.
00:15:28Oh, nothing can hurt him, can't it, Ted?
00:15:30Boy, what a tackle.
00:15:31Do it again.
00:15:32He certainly won't do it again.
00:15:33Stop tramping in my flowers.
00:15:35You, you hoodlum.
00:15:39Go on, get out of here.
00:15:40I said get out.
00:15:43I said beat it.
00:15:44Beat it, you thug.
00:15:47And don't ever come back in here again.
00:15:49Oh, quit disturbing the molecules.
00:15:56Oh, just look at it.
00:15:57You've ruined it.
00:15:58Oh, you can plant new flowers in the furrow I made.
00:16:00Yes, and you could tackle that dummy in some other direction, couldn't you?
00:16:03Well, that's the only place I can hang it.
00:16:05And I've got to keep in training for football.
00:16:08Now get that thing out of here.
00:16:10Gosh, it's an eternal mystery to me
00:16:12how anybody as smart as your father could raise such a dizzy daughter.
00:16:15Why, Ted Nicholson?
00:16:16Okay, okay.
00:16:17It's not a mystery.
00:16:18It's not a mystery.
00:16:19Where?
00:16:20Oh!
00:16:21Hey, Ted!
00:16:22Boy, look what I've got here.
00:16:26What's the matter?
00:16:27Oh, my flower garden.
00:16:29It's a pigeon.
00:16:30See, it's wings been broken.
00:16:32But Murphy, that's cruel and inhuman to treat a poor, dumb, crippled creature that way.
00:16:36Oh, he's not hurt that bad.
00:16:37Oh, you poor little precious.
00:16:39Poor, precious boy.
00:16:41He landed on my pigeon coop this morning.
00:16:44But he ain't mine.
00:16:45Well, what do you expect me to do about it?
00:16:47Well, I was thinking maybe you could broadcast over your radio sending set
00:16:50and find out who he belongs to.
00:16:52Well, that's very honest and commendable of you, Spud.
00:16:54You should be rewarded.
00:16:56Say, I might at that.
00:16:58He may belong to the United States government.
00:17:00He has a number on his leg.
00:17:01Boy, he's a carrier pigeon.
00:17:03Oh, that's right.
00:17:04Look, here's the thing the message goes in.
00:17:06Say, I never saw that before.
00:17:08Yeah.
00:17:09Shoulder, okay, bluebells.
00:17:13What kind of drivel is that?
00:17:15Bluebells.
00:17:16Bluebells, that's the password.
00:17:18What password?
00:17:20Ted, I've got to find out who owns this bird.
00:17:22Start your radio.
00:17:23Oh, you don't have to do that.
00:17:25All racing pigeons are registered with the American Pigeon Association.
00:17:29Just send them this number.
00:17:312-21-12-12.
00:17:34Oh, come on, come on.
00:17:35Gee, that's swell.
00:17:37Look, Ted, you take care of this pigeon until I get back.
00:17:39And don't you dare let anything happen to it.
00:17:41What's the idea?
00:17:42Right now, that bird's practically the most important thing in the world to me.
00:17:48Why give me the bird?
00:17:54There's any reward. It's mine.
00:17:56It's mine.
00:18:03So that proves absolutely that there's something crooked going on.
00:18:06And that about the shoulder being okay and the message signed bluebells and...
00:18:09Now, Nancy, it's no use arguing.
00:18:11You're keeping out of it.
00:18:12Dad, someone's holding Miss Eldridge and we've got to do something.
00:18:16We?
00:18:17Have you read the morning paper?
00:18:19No.
00:18:20Well, I guess that'll slow you down.
00:18:26There it is.
00:18:35Dad, do you suppose it was those men who followed us last night?
00:18:38Certainly.
00:18:39They've shown that they'll stop at nothing.
00:18:41Well, that's all the more reason that we've got to find Miss Eldridge.
00:18:44Nancy, why are you so convinced that that injured woman is Mary Eldridge?
00:18:48I don't know.
00:18:49I guess it's just my woman's intuition.
00:18:51Every woman has one, you know.
00:18:53Yes, I know.
00:18:54Well, whoever the woman is, she'll be followed.
00:18:57But it's not your job to find her.
00:18:59Those men are not going to stand for Nancy Drew poking her little nose into their affairs.
00:19:04You know, if that pigeon could be turned loose and followed,
00:19:07it might lead us to something.
00:19:09Of course it would.
00:19:11Now you're talking.
00:19:13Let's go.
00:19:14Hold on, young lady.
00:19:15You and I are not going anyplace.
00:19:17Dad, you're just as excited about this as I am.
00:19:19Maybe I am.
00:19:20But you're the only daughter I have.
00:19:22And for some unexplainable reason, I like you.
00:19:25A little.
00:19:26And I'm not going to trade you for any dead heroine.
00:19:29So you go home, get that pigeon, and take it straight to Captain Tweety.
00:19:32Oh, Dad.
00:19:34Victory's staring me right in the face.
00:19:36So am I.
00:19:38All right.
00:19:39Because you're my father, I suppose I'll have to do what you said.
00:19:41What's that you said?
00:19:43I said all right.
00:19:44All right.
00:19:45I won't have you driving down there alone.
00:19:47Get one of those other young students to go with you.
00:19:49Johnson?
00:19:50Oh!
00:19:55Okay, old man.
00:19:56Come in.
00:19:57Your signal's good and strong, but I think it's a little over-modulated.
00:20:01Come in, old man.
00:20:02Ted!
00:20:03Oh, Ted!
00:20:04Stand by, old man.
00:20:05Look at that poor pigeon with a rope on him.
00:20:08He's happy.
00:20:09Well, stop playing around with that silly old radio and help me build a crate or something.
00:20:12I've got to get this pigeon down at the police station.
00:20:14Besides, I have a thousand and one things to tell you.
00:20:16Oh, crud and guff.
00:20:17Sorry, old man.
00:20:18I guess I'll have to QRT.
00:20:20Local QRM.
00:20:2173s and I'll see you later.
00:20:23W8YZR is pulling the big switch.
00:20:26What kind of talk is that?
00:20:29I was just telling Jimmy Davis that I had to quit on account of local interference.
00:20:33Well, if you must insult me, you might at least do it in English.
00:20:40Well, if you ask me, which you didn't, I think your father's right.
00:20:45You snooping around, somebody will knock your block off.
00:20:48I can take care of myself.
00:20:50Just like all women, aren't you?
00:20:52No one can convince you of anything.
00:20:55You may see things differently when you're as old as I am.
00:20:58As old as you?
00:20:59What are you talking about?
00:21:01You seem to forget that I'm 11 months, 29 days, and two hours older than you are.
00:21:05Well, statistics prove from 15 to 20 a woman is five years mentally older than a man of the same age.
00:21:11All right, keeper.
00:21:13I give up.
00:21:15Take me away.
00:21:16Put me in a strait...
00:21:17Oh, Ted Nixon, will you stop acting like an idiot?
00:21:20Get away and get this crate finished.
00:21:23It's finished.
00:21:24Well, come on, then.
00:21:25Here.
00:21:27All right.
00:21:28And be careful of him.
00:21:29He still looks a little ill.
00:21:30Sick to you.
00:21:312380, you'd look a little ill, too, if you were on his spot.
00:21:35Father intimated that I shouldn't ride down at the police station alone, so I guess you'd better go with me.
00:21:39Okay.
00:21:40But listen, I'm only doing it on account of your father.
00:21:43Ted Nixon, you're about as chivalrous as a... an oyster.
00:21:47Okay, then.
00:21:48I'm an oyster.
00:21:49So what?
00:21:50Let's get going.
00:22:09What are you, Dorothy?
00:22:10I couldn't help it.
00:22:11Take it easy.
00:22:24All is not lost.
00:22:39You deliberately did that.
00:22:40You wanted to scare him away.
00:22:41Why, Ted, whatever he did, you shouldn't think that.
00:22:45Quiet.
00:22:46Now, don't even breathe.
00:22:48I'm going to get a ladder.
00:22:51Shh.
00:22:52Go on.
00:22:53Go on, get him.
00:22:54Go on.
00:23:03Oh, Ted.
00:23:04Ted.
00:23:05He's flying away.
00:23:06What's flying away?
00:23:07He's flying away.
00:23:08He's flying away.
00:23:09We've got to follow him.
00:23:10Oh, okay.
00:23:11Get going.
00:23:12Keep your eyes on him.
00:23:23He's flying southeast.
00:23:26Kind of low and not very fast.
00:23:28Don't you dare lose sight of it.
00:23:30Don't worry.
00:23:31I won't.
00:23:35Well, it's stopped again.
00:23:36Boy, that thing's been hedge hopping for an hour.
00:23:38I guess its wing is still sore.
00:23:42Take off.
00:23:43There it goes again.
00:23:48Can you still see him?
00:23:49Yeah.
00:23:52Gosh, my neck's getting stiff.
00:23:58Suffering cats.
00:23:59What's the matter?
00:24:00I lost him.
00:24:01Oh, Ted.
00:24:02Oh, heck.
00:24:03I couldn't help him.
00:24:04Well, you've been watching something.
00:24:05Yeah.
00:24:06Spots before my eyes.
00:24:07From staring at that darn sky so long.
00:24:09Now, we'll never find that house.
00:24:11If you hadn't been so careless.
00:24:13There you go again.
00:24:14Why is it as soon as I get around you, I run into trouble?
00:24:17I can be thankful that after today, you'll be out of my hair.
00:24:20Are you going away?
00:24:21I mean, the family's rented a cottage up at Sylvan Lake.
00:24:22We're leaving tonight.
00:24:26I guess we won't be seeing each other anymore.
00:24:27No.
00:24:28What I mean is, I wasn't exactly blaming you for losing the pigeon, Ted.
00:24:32I guess it was just fate or something.
00:24:34Yeah.
00:24:35Ted, look!
00:24:36Huh?
00:24:37It's the pigeon!
00:24:38We must have missed it the last time it stopped to rest.
00:24:40Keep your eyes on it!
00:24:41Okay.
00:24:42Say, it's going round and round.
00:24:43Maybe it's dizzy.
00:24:44No, I'm sorry.
00:24:45Well, I'm sorry.
00:24:46I'm sorry.
00:24:47No, I'm sorry.
00:24:48No, I'm sorry.
00:24:49No, I'm sorry.
00:24:50No, I'm sorry.
00:24:51No, no, I'm sorry.
00:24:52No, I'm sorry.
00:24:53No, no, no.
00:24:54No, no.
00:24:55No, no, no.
00:24:56No, no.
00:24:57I'd say, it's going round and round.
00:25:01Maybe it's dizzy.
00:25:03Nonsense.
00:25:04That's where it lives.
00:25:06I can see buildings through the trees.
00:25:23Look, Ted.
00:25:24There's the driveway and the gate.
00:25:26But there's no watchman.
00:25:28Maybe it's his day off.
00:25:30Just like Dr. Spires said it was.
00:25:33Get out.
00:25:34Get out?
00:25:35Yes, yes, go ahead.
00:25:36What for?
00:25:37You stay on guard here and I'll go for the police.
00:25:40And don't you dare let anyone leave.
00:25:42And if they do leave, what do you expect me to do?
00:25:45I don't know, take the prisoners or something.
00:25:47Yeah, I'll surround them.
00:25:49Yeah.
00:25:52Dad, this is Nancy.
00:25:55I found the house.
00:25:57You did what?
00:26:00Nancy, I told you.
00:26:01Keep out of sight till we get there.
00:26:08Police headquarters, please.
00:26:09Dad.
00:26:10Good work, Nancy.
00:26:11However, I'll talk to you later on.
00:26:15Is this the place?
00:26:16Yes.
00:26:17I'm sure you'll find Miss Eldridge in there.
00:26:18All right, Elmer.
00:26:19Spread out your men attacked in the south.
00:26:20You boys attacked in the north.
00:26:21Me and Ed will handle the front.
00:26:22Got your gas guns ready?
00:26:23Good.
00:26:24Now cover all the doors and windows and watch the back while you're at it.
00:26:27And remember, when I blow the whistle, brush the joint.
00:26:30Okay, let's go.
00:26:31Okay.
00:26:32Now you kids keep back.
00:26:33You watch them, Drew.
00:26:34Why did he have to come?
00:26:35Why did he have to come?
00:26:36Don't stop, it's brilliant.
00:26:37I try to hear you, too.
00:26:38You boys attacked from the north.
00:26:39You boys attacked from the north.
00:26:40Me and Ed will handle the front.
00:26:41You got your gas guns ready?
00:26:42Good.
00:26:43Now cover all the doors and windows and watch the back while you're at it.
00:26:44And remember, when I blow the whistle, brush the joint.
00:26:45Okay, let's go.
00:26:46Push the joint.
00:26:47Okay, let's go.
00:26:48Okay.
00:26:55Now, you kids, keep back.
00:26:57You watch them, Drew.
00:27:00Why did he have to come?
00:27:16They've got someone. Come on!
00:27:26Hollister.
00:27:28Mr. Drew, will you explain to these men who I am?
00:27:30Well, certainly.
00:27:32This gentleman is Miss Eldridge's business manager.
00:27:35Oh, yeah?
00:27:37Captain Tweedy, I'm afraid you've made a mistake.
00:27:40I've made a mistake.
00:27:42Mr. Hollister, I didn't know you lived here.
00:27:44I only rented this place yesterday.
00:27:46Why?
00:27:47I like the country.
00:27:48Is there anything wrong with that?
00:27:50I must live somewhere until Miss Eldridge returns.
00:27:52Well, who had the place before you got it?
00:27:54The former tenant was a Mr. Tooker.
00:27:56But he's been gone a couple of months.
00:27:57You know, I think there's something going on around here
00:27:59you don't know anything about.
00:28:01I'll have to dig up this Mr. Tooker
00:28:03and see what he's got to say for himself.
00:28:05Do you know what happened to him?
00:28:07He died.
00:28:09There's no one else in the house.
00:28:11No one in back, Captain.
00:28:12Look, Mr. Drew.
00:28:13We drive out here 30 miles because you insist.
00:28:16And what happens?
00:28:17A wild goose chase.
00:28:18Now that's a waste of the taxpayer's money.
00:28:20Well, I can't understand it.
00:28:21I'm sure that Nancy would never...
00:28:22Pardon me, Mr. Drew.
00:28:23I think your daughter has hallucinations.
00:28:26I...
00:28:27Captain Tweedy, would you mind telling me what this is all about?
00:28:29Well, this kid got her mitts on a pigeon.
00:28:31It was carrying some kind of a message.
00:28:33She said it had something to do with your boss.
00:28:35She said the pigeon came here.
00:28:36But I did see the pigeon land here.
00:28:39Yeah, so did I.
00:28:40Right out back.
00:28:42Excuse me, Mr. Pigeon.
00:28:43Hollister.
00:28:45Have you got pigeons?
00:28:47Yes, there are pigeons here.
00:28:49They belong to the owner.
00:28:51If they have anything to do with Miss Eldridge,
00:28:53I certainly think we should investigate.
00:29:10Which one is it, Nancy?
00:29:13I can tell it because its wing has been hurt.
00:29:18I don't see it, do you, Ted?
00:29:20No, I don't either.
00:29:22It's not here.
00:29:26I thought so.
00:29:27Nancy, are you positive you saw that pigeon stop at this house?
00:29:31I'm practically positive.
00:29:33So, your daughter's a detective, is she, Drew?
00:29:36Well, the police have got a lot of other things to do
00:29:38besides running around playing kids' games.
00:29:40Will you follow any more of these phony leads,
00:29:42we'll wind up skipping ropes.
00:29:46Now, little girl, you'd better go back to the kindergarten
00:29:48and play with your dolly.
00:29:50Oh!
00:29:56Psychopathic case.
00:29:59I'm awfully sorry, Mr. Hollister.
00:30:01That's all right, Nancy.
00:30:02Good day, Hollister.
00:30:03Good day, Drew.
00:30:04Come along.
00:30:05Forget it.
00:30:06Goodbye, sir.
00:30:07Goodbye, son.
00:30:08Well, you son.
00:30:16Come along.
00:30:31Come along!
00:30:33Let's go.
00:31:03Let's go.
00:31:21Here's a message, Shallon. Just come in.
00:31:23That drool kid found the Tooker house.
00:31:25Huh?
00:31:26There'll be an investigation if she goes to the police.
00:31:28It already has.
00:31:33But Hollister saw the girl and her boyfriend hanging around
00:31:35and was expecting them.
00:31:36Cops find anything?
00:31:37No.
00:31:38They even saw that they were called out to the joint.
00:31:40Just the same, I don't like it, Shallon.
00:31:42This place was running pretty smoothly
00:31:43until you let Hollister bring that old woman here.
00:31:45There's nothing to worry about.
00:31:46There's no evidence that the Tooker house.
00:31:48And as a lawyer, you've seen to it
00:31:50that all the contracts our guests have signed
00:31:52with the sanitarium are perfectly legal.
00:31:54But she hasn't signed yet.
00:31:55No, but she will.
00:31:56I'll find a way to take the stubbornness out of Miss Eldridge.
00:31:59What if she tries to get away again?
00:32:00Next time she might break more than a shoulder.
00:32:02You can depend on it, Thorn,
00:32:03that if that old buzzard has 300 G's to lay out,
00:32:05it's going to be to us and not to any school for dillies.
00:32:08It's Hollister I'm worried about.
00:32:09He's green and apt to make a slip.
00:32:11What the risk?
00:32:12In the meantime, if Drew and his kid keep on the way they've been going,
00:32:15we'll have the house full of cops.
00:32:17Then I suggest that you do something about the Drews.
00:32:20Nothing to give me greater pleasure.
00:32:22Ken, I was sure that was the house.
00:32:24Boy, am I mortified.
00:32:25You mortified?
00:32:26Not a chapeau monk.
00:32:27Listen, I've got to get home.
00:32:28We're leaving for the lake tonight.
00:32:29Good evening, Nancy.
00:32:30Good evening, Mrs. Spires.
00:32:31Hiya, Mrs. Spires.
00:32:32How's the doctor feeling?
00:32:33He's a little better now.
00:32:34I'm so glad.
00:32:35I don't suppose I could see him.
00:32:36Well, he shouldn't talk very much.
00:32:37I wanted to ask him something.
00:32:38It's terribly important.
00:32:39Well, you can see him for a little while, honey.
00:32:41I'll be back in a minute, Ted.
00:32:42Okay.
00:32:43Okay.
00:32:44How's the doctor feeling?
00:32:46He's a little better now.
00:32:47I'm so glad.
00:32:48I don't suppose I could see him.
00:32:50Well, he shouldn't talk very much.
00:32:52I wanted to ask him something. It's terribly important.
00:32:55Well, you can see him for a little while, honey.
00:32:59I'll be back in a minute, Tess.
00:33:01Okay.
00:33:06It's Nancy Raymond.
00:33:08Hello, Dr. Spires.
00:33:10Oh, hello, Nancy, dear.
00:33:12What is it, darling?
00:33:14I hate to bother you, doctor,
00:33:16but when you were riding in that car yesterday,
00:33:18could you tell what kind of road you passed over?
00:33:21First, there was the highway.
00:33:23Then I remember going over Planken.
00:33:26A wooden bridge, I think.
00:33:28A wooden bridge?
00:33:30Yes.
00:33:31Then after a while, there was a turn in the road.
00:33:34And it was bumpy.
00:33:37Then when we got near the house,
00:33:40there was a gravel driveway.
00:33:42A gravel driveway?
00:33:43Yes.
00:33:44Are you sure?
00:33:45Oh, yes.
00:33:47I could hear it crunching under the tires.
00:33:50Well, gee, thank you.
00:33:51That helps a lot.
00:33:52I'm ever so much obliged.
00:33:54I do hope you feel better.
00:33:56And if there's anything I can do, I...
00:33:58Thanks, darling.
00:33:59I'm getting on fine.
00:34:01Well, good night.
00:34:03Good night.
00:34:04Good night, Nancy.
00:34:14Well, that proves that the house we found today
00:34:16was not the right place.
00:34:17Because there wasn't any gravel driveway.
00:34:19You know something?
00:34:20I've been thinking.
00:34:22We shouldn't have followed that pigeon.
00:34:24We should have gone the other way.
00:34:26Oh, Ted, you're off your hook.
00:34:27No.
00:34:28If I wanted to find the house Doc Spires was taken to,
00:34:31I'd go to where the pigeon came from,
00:34:33not where he was going.
00:34:34Gee, Ted, that's bloody sharp.
00:34:37But how could we find where it came from?
00:34:40Well, a pigeon always flies in a straight line, doesn't it?
00:34:44Yes.
00:34:45And Spud said that pigeon today flew right over River Heights
00:34:47going southeast.
00:34:49South...
00:34:50Southeast.
00:34:51Then it had to come from directly northwest of here.
00:34:54Uh-huh.
00:34:55Maybe 30 or 40 miles.
00:34:56That'd be up around Sylvan Lake.
00:34:58Check.
00:35:02Ted, look.
00:35:04There's somebody trying to break into our house.
00:35:11Do something.
00:35:12For God's sake, what?
00:35:14I don't know.
00:35:15You could...
00:35:16You could...
00:35:17You could tackle him or something.
00:35:18You know, the way you do that dummy.
00:35:19And knock him down.
00:35:20Yeah.
00:35:21But suppose he don't stay down.
00:35:23Yeah.
00:35:24Well...
00:35:25You tackle him and...
00:35:28I'll hit him over the head with this wrench.
00:35:30Okay.
00:35:31But hit him.
00:35:32Yeah.
00:35:35Now, quiet.
00:35:40Come on.
00:35:44Let's go.
00:35:45You can't go.
00:35:46I'll hit him.
00:35:47Let's go.
00:35:48Yes.
00:35:49Hey, hey.
00:35:50Oh, you can't go.
00:35:51No, no, no, no, no.
00:35:52No, no, no.
00:35:53No, no, no.
00:35:54No, no, no, no.
00:35:55No, no, no.
00:35:56No, no, no, no.
00:35:57Come on.
00:35:58Come on.
00:35:59Come on.
00:36:00Come on.
00:36:01Come on.
00:36:02Come on.
00:36:03Come on.
00:36:04Come on.
00:36:05Come on.
00:36:06Come on.
00:36:07Come on.
00:36:08Dad!
00:36:09Gosh, Mr. Drew, we thought it was a burglar or something.
00:36:13It is something.
00:36:14It's me.
00:36:15Why are you trying to get in the window?
00:36:17Because I forgot my key.
00:36:18And that fool Effie won't come to the door.
00:36:20Well, wait a minute, Dad.
00:36:21I've got a key.
00:36:22Well, why didn't you say so?
00:36:27What comes off here?
00:36:28It won't open.
00:36:29Get out of the way.
00:36:30Don't stand there.
00:36:31Give me a hand.
00:36:32Oh, sure, Mr. Drew.
00:36:33Sure.
00:36:34What?
00:36:35What the?
00:36:36Gosh, Mr. Drew.
00:36:37I mean, gosh.
00:36:38Gosh.
00:36:39I mean, gosh.
00:36:40What?
00:36:41What the?
00:36:42Gosh, Mr. Drew.
00:36:43I mean, gosh.
00:36:44What?
00:36:45What?
00:36:46What?
00:36:47What?
00:36:48What?
00:36:49What?
00:36:50What?
00:36:51What?
00:36:52What?
00:36:53What?
00:36:54What?
00:36:55What?
00:36:56What?
00:36:57Oh, my gosh.
00:36:58Effie.
00:36:59Effie.
00:37:00Effie.
00:37:01Effie.
00:37:04Effie?
00:37:05Hello.
00:37:06Where are you, Effie?
00:37:07She's not here, Beth.
00:37:09Well, where in heaven's name is she?
00:37:10I don't know.
00:37:11What?
00:37:12Effie.
00:37:13Oh, Mr. Drew.
00:37:15Effie, what's been going on here?
00:37:17There was a man trying to get in.
00:37:19That was me, idiot.
00:37:20Oh, no.
00:37:21That one was a strange man.
00:37:23What?
00:37:24Yes.
00:37:25And he had a gun.
00:37:26And he tried to get in.
00:37:27So I slammed the door in his face.
00:37:28And then I piled the furniture up against it.
00:37:30And then I hid in the cellar.
00:37:32Well, why didn't you call the police?
00:37:34Oh.
00:37:35Well, I never thought of that.
00:37:37All right, Effie.
00:37:38I'll take care of this.
00:37:39Yes, sir.
00:37:40You better go and replace that furniture.
00:37:41Yes, sir.
00:37:42Oh, what are you waiting for?
00:37:43Oh, yes, sir.
00:37:44Dad, I wonder what it could be.
00:37:45I mean, I could...
00:37:47Stand where you are, all of you.
00:37:49Drop that.
00:37:50You drools are getting too nosy to stay healthy.
00:37:53And you, kid.
00:37:54Drop that wrench.
00:37:56I'm trying to start a lot of things you can't finish.
00:37:58So I'm giving you all one warning.
00:38:00What are you posing for?
00:38:02Well, Spire's got to look like a beauty treatment
00:38:04compared to what you all run into
00:38:05unless you stay in your own backyard.
00:38:07Who sent you here?
00:38:08Well, Spire's got to look like a beauty treatment
00:38:10compared to what you all run into
00:38:11unless you stay in your own backyard.
00:38:13Who sent you here?
00:38:14You're supposed to be a pretty smart guy, Drew.
00:38:15Well, figure this one out.
00:38:16If you care anything for the brat,
00:38:17and I think you do,
00:38:18drop that.
00:38:19You'll keep her out of our way.
00:38:20From now on, you're going to be watched.
00:38:21And the first move she makes,
00:38:22something happens.
00:38:23You don't need to worry about that.
00:38:24We're leaving town tonight.
00:38:25That's a smart idea.
00:38:26And don't be in any hurry to get back.
00:38:27And don't be in any hurry to get back.
00:38:28I'm through.
00:38:50I'm quitting.
00:38:51I'm leaving this house at once.
00:38:53Effie!
00:38:54Do you want me to call the police, Mr. Drew?
00:38:55No, no, Ted. Those fellows mean business.
00:38:57You bring in the police, I have to carry out their threat.
00:38:59Dad, Effie's quit again.
00:39:01Yes, and left all the furniture piled up.
00:39:03Come on, give me a hand, will you?
00:39:05You bet.
00:39:07You didn't mean what you said about...
00:39:09I mean, about going away tonight, did you, Dad?
00:39:11Yes, I did, Nancy.
00:39:13Well, where?
00:39:15Well, I haven't had a chance to explain,
00:39:17but I have a little surprise for you.
00:39:19We've heard from Miss Eldridge.
00:39:21You what?
00:39:22Yes, Mr. Hollister had a letter this afternoon.
00:39:24It's a private sanitarium.
00:39:26She didn't give the name of it, but it's someplace in St. Louis.
00:39:28Hollister wants me to meet him there and help find her.
00:39:30Well, I was so sure.
00:39:32Well, I guess you were barking up the wrong tree this time, Nancy.
00:39:35I guess my woman's intuition just didn't function or something.
00:39:38Well, never mind that, dear.
00:39:39You go and pack your things now.
00:39:42Oh, Ted, you might as well go home.
00:39:44That man may still be watching out there.
00:39:46There's no use to involve you.
00:39:47Well, look, Mr. Dewar,
00:39:48I kind of thought maybe I'd better stick around in case he comes back.
00:39:51No, that won't be necessary.
00:39:52But I promise you, if we need help, we'll call on you first.
00:39:54Okay.
00:39:55Dad, I don't want to go to St. Louis.
00:39:56You don't?
00:39:57I thought you were so interested in Miss Eldridge.
00:39:59Well, I was, but now that you've found her, there's nothing else to do.
00:40:03And besides, I don't want to sit around in an old hotel room.
00:40:06Well, I'm certainly not going to leave you here.
00:40:08Why can't I go up to Sylvan Lake?
00:40:10Alone?
00:40:11I should say not.
00:40:12Not alone.
00:40:13The Nickerson's invited me.
00:40:14Say, we didn't...
00:40:15They were very insistent, weren't they, Ted?
00:40:18Uh, yeah, I guess they were.
00:40:21You might be better off up there at that.
00:40:23Of course I would.
00:40:24You'll explain to your mother, won't you, Ted?
00:40:26Oh, sure.
00:40:27Sure, I'll...
00:40:28Thanks, Ted.
00:40:29That's fine.
00:40:30I know you two kids will have a lot of fun up there together.
00:40:32And you have no idea what it'll mean to me to have Nancy up there with you and your folks.
00:40:36Safe, quiet, restful.
00:40:39Not half as much as I hope it'll mean to me.
00:40:43Don't go away, Ted.
00:40:44You'll have to carry my bag.
00:40:46Quiet, restful.
00:40:59Hey, Ma!
00:41:00Where's the bacon?
00:41:01There isn't any, Theodore.
00:41:03What's the matter?
00:41:05The recession's still on?
00:41:12Good morning, Ted.
00:41:13Hi, Newson.
00:41:15My, you're certainly stowing away.
00:41:18Well, the guy's gotta live.
00:41:20You women had your way around here, a man is starved.
00:41:22How quaint.
00:41:23How starved.
00:41:24How gruesome.
00:41:25How gruesome.
00:41:26What's the matter?
00:41:27Don't you like cherries?
00:41:28I'm saving it for last.
00:41:32Ted, we've got to rally around and get organized.
00:41:33Where do you think we're gonna look today?
00:41:34Will you forget Miss Eldridge for one day?
00:41:35I'm tired.
00:41:36I certainly will not.
00:41:37I've been telling you and telling you,
00:41:38she can't be around this part of the country if she's in St. Louis.
00:41:39I'm not so sure that she is in St. Louis.
00:41:41Now look, Sherlock, you waged in on this trip just because you thought that house was somewhere up around here.
00:41:59Well, I've tagged her on with you for three days and you still haven't found it.
00:42:02Now I'm through.
00:42:03I'm going fishing.
00:42:04All right, all right.
00:42:05Stop beating your gums.
00:42:06I'll go fishing with you.
00:42:07Oh, you're talking.
00:42:08If you'll stop by town long enough for me to wire Dad.
00:42:11Duped again.
00:42:16For God's sakes, how much longer we got to hang around here?
00:42:19Well, we got to wait until we get an answer from Dad, don't we?
00:42:25If Dad has found Miss Eldridge, I'm crazy.
00:42:28I think you got something there.
00:42:29I'll rent you a padded cell.
00:42:30Ha, ha.
00:42:31You're about as funny as packing your gums.
00:42:32You're eating your gums.
00:42:33I'll go fishing with you.
00:42:34Oh, you're talking.
00:42:35If you'll stop by town long enough for me to wire Dad.
00:42:36Ah, you're about as funny as Captain Tweedy.
00:42:39What a character.
00:42:48Miss Drew, he has that answer from your pa.
00:42:50He looks like you're kind of in for it.
00:42:52All right, sling it out.
00:42:53I told you to forget case.
00:42:55Stop.
00:42:56Keep out of it.
00:42:57Stop.
00:42:58I insist.
00:42:59Stop.
00:43:00I guess you better sell it.
00:43:01I have important information concerning Eldridge disappearance.
00:43:03Stop.
00:43:04Stop.
00:43:05Impair to you mind your own business until I arrive.
00:43:08Dad.
00:43:09Ain't it gruesome?
00:43:10Now we can have some fun.
00:43:11Well, I didn't say I've been doing anything.
00:43:13Why'd he tell me to mind my own business?
00:43:15Aw, he knew you weren't minding your own business just because you're still walking and talking.
00:43:18He didn't even mention whether or not he found Miss Eldridge.
00:43:21Well, who cares?
00:43:22He could have at least told me what was so important that he's learned.
00:43:25Yeah, but he didn't.
00:43:26Now, come on.
00:43:27How are we going fishing?
00:43:28Oh, I guess so.
00:43:29Hot stuff.
00:43:30Say, listen, I know the swellest place to go trolling.
00:43:34And just to show you that I'm a right guy, Nancy, I'll let you roll the boat.
00:43:38Thank you too much.
00:43:39Ted, give a look.
00:43:42There's Mr. Hollister.
00:43:43He can't be here.
00:43:48He's in St. Louis with Ted.
00:43:50Maybe he's twins.
00:43:52What's he doing at Sylvanine?
00:43:54Well, why don't you ask him?
00:43:59Come on, hurry up.
00:44:00Now, look here, Nancy Drew.
00:44:01Your dad said that...
00:44:02It's a kidnap car.
00:44:03We've got to follow them.
00:44:04Kidnap car?
00:44:05Gosh.
00:44:09Ted Nickerson and I...
00:44:11Keep it clean.
00:44:12Keep it clean.
00:44:16What's the idea?
00:44:17Hold this gun at the sounds of Olders phone.
00:44:19What did he say to you?
00:44:24My foot slipped.
00:44:25And the car's out of sight.
00:44:26Yeah.
00:44:27And at the rate he was going, we wouldn't catch him in 2380 years.
00:44:31It's all your fault.
00:44:32Uh-huh.
00:44:33I was expecting that crack.
00:44:36You know something, Ted?
00:44:37No, what?
00:44:38I bet you 2380 that Mr. Hollister lied about Miss Eldridge.
00:44:41You mean he knew where she was all the time?
00:44:44I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
00:44:46It's all beginning to dawn.
00:44:48That message signed bluebells was to him.
00:44:50In that case, why, he's mixed up with that mob that kidnapped Doc Spires.
00:44:53And that St. Louis gag was just to get Dad and me out of the way.
00:44:56Uh-huh.
00:44:57Ted, we've got to find that house.
00:44:59Now, look.
00:45:00We've searched all over the country, sir.
00:45:02But it has to be around here.
00:45:03Personally, I'd rather go fishing.
00:45:05You wouldn't want me to drive around all alone, would you?
00:45:08Then hire yourself an aeroplane.
00:45:10Nobody will bother you up there.
00:45:12That's an angle.
00:45:13How much do they cost?
00:45:14Why, the guy down at the lake airport charges $10.
00:45:16Why?
00:45:17Five, six, seven, seven, fifty, eight.
00:45:19Eight dollars and four cents.
00:45:20Have you any money?
00:45:21No.
00:45:22Ted Nickerson, you have so.
00:45:23I saw you break a five yesterday.
00:45:24Oh, gee, and I wanted to rent a boat with these two bucks.
00:45:27Come on, let's go.
00:45:28I not only have to furnish the ideas, but I got a finance.
00:45:35See anything yet?
00:45:36Nothing but a couple of farms.
00:45:42You'll be turning back in a minute.
00:45:43There's a big place.
00:45:44Yeah.
00:45:45It's a big place.
00:45:59See anything yet?
00:46:01Nothing but a couple of farms.
00:46:03You'll be turning back in a minute.
00:46:09There's a big place.
00:46:11Yeah!
00:46:15There's a driveway, a gate, and a little road leading to us from the woods.
00:46:20Ted, I'll bet you 2380, that's it.
00:46:23How are we going to find it from the ground?
00:46:26I'll show you.
00:46:28Don't open the door.
00:46:30Well, hurry up.
00:46:31Calm yourself, will you?
00:46:33Oh, Ted, let me see.
00:46:35Relax, will you?
00:46:36Relax.
00:46:37Relax.
00:46:38Come on.
00:46:39Come on.
00:46:40Come on.
00:46:41Come on.
00:46:42Come on.
00:46:43Come on.
00:46:44Come on.
00:46:45Come on.
00:46:46Come on.
00:46:47Come on.
00:46:48Come on.
00:46:55Ted, let me see.
00:46:56Relax, will you?
00:46:57Relax.
00:47:01Now, if we can only put them together.
00:47:05This one goes here.
00:47:07There.
00:47:08Yeah.
00:47:09Well, look.
00:47:10This one matches in here, doesn't it?
00:47:11Mm-hmm.
00:47:13Gee.
00:47:14It's a regular aerial map.
00:47:18Now.
00:47:20Here's the house.
00:47:21And there's the highway.
00:47:23This must be the wooden bridge that Dr. Spires was talking about.
00:47:26And this is the dirt road running through the trees.
00:47:28And this is the turn off.
00:47:30is the dirt road running through the trees.
00:47:33Okay.
00:47:34Oh, well, look.
00:47:35Well, look.
00:47:36Let's go.
00:47:37Oh, I'm good!
00:47:39I'm good.
00:47:40Well, I'm good.
00:47:41I'm good.
00:47:42We're going to go.
00:47:43We're going to go a little bit.
00:47:45It's a dangerous vehicle.
00:47:46You're insane.
00:47:47قد?
00:47:48I'm good.
00:47:49Good luck.
00:47:50I'm good.
00:47:51I'm good.
00:47:52I'm good.
00:47:53But, I'm good.
00:47:54Can I see something?
00:47:55Can I see something?
00:47:56Bluebells are also Larkspur.
00:47:58Larkspur, bluebells, a bumpy road.
00:48:02This is it.
00:48:26I think we'd better leave the car here.
00:48:29Just in case.
00:48:30Nancy, I'm not sure I like this snooping arm.
00:48:35Good thing you know, you'll get me nervous.
00:48:46Ted, look!
00:48:49I'm sure.
00:48:56Ted, there's the gate, just like Dr. Spire said.
00:49:00And the watchman.
00:49:01And the gravel driveway.
00:49:03The place looks like a regular sanitude.
00:49:06It doesn't.
00:49:08We've got to find some place to sneak inside.
00:49:11Come on.
00:49:26I think we can get over here.
00:49:27Nancy, I think you're making the mistake of your life going in there.
00:49:30Why don't you get the police?
00:49:32We have to make sure this is the place.
00:49:34We might be sued for a slander or a libel or something.
00:49:41Hey!
00:49:43What did you do that for?
00:49:44You want to kill yourself?
00:49:45Huh?
00:49:46See those insulators?
00:49:47That top wire's charged with electricity.
00:49:49Electricity?
00:49:52Ted.
00:49:53You saved my life.
00:49:57Let's get out of here.
00:50:01Ted, we just have to think of a way to find out if Miss Eldridge is in there.
00:50:04Yeah, but we can't get inside the grounds.
00:50:07We can if the password's still Bluebells.
00:50:11I've got an idea.
00:50:13Do I figure in this idea of yours?
00:50:15Of course.
00:50:17I think it'll work.
00:50:18You think it'll work?
00:50:19Well, that's not enough.
00:50:23Don't be frightened now.
00:50:40Well?
00:50:42Mister...
00:50:43I mean...
00:50:45We're expected.
00:50:46How do I know?
00:50:48Bluebells?
00:50:50Well, why didn't you say so?
00:50:58Come on.
00:51:05I was awfully nervous for a second.
00:51:07How do you think I felt?
00:51:10Pull over in those trees so the car won't be noticed.
00:51:12Okay.
00:51:27Help me over at the house.
00:51:28As if we belonged here.
00:51:30Okay.
00:51:31But I'm not gonna let you go in there alone.
00:51:33But I've got to, Ted.
00:51:35I'm sure I can find the room from what Dr. Spires said.
00:51:39I know it's upstairs.
00:51:48You wait out here by the car.
00:51:50They're locked.
00:51:52Oh.
00:52:04Ah.
00:52:05Mr. Eldridge.
00:52:06It's Nancy.
00:52:19Nancy.
00:52:20What are you screaming about?
00:52:30Oh, I'm... I'm sorry, Miss Tyson.
00:52:32I thought I... heard someone at the window.
00:52:43You're lying. You're screaming just to make trouble.
00:52:47Now, any more hysterics.
00:52:48And you'll be put where you're screeching won't bother anybody.
00:52:59Nancy, child, what are you doing here?
00:53:02I came to help you if you want to get away.
00:53:04Of course I want to get away.
00:53:06They're trying to drive me insane to steal my money.
00:53:09The money I was to give Brim, Mort.
00:53:10Oh, I knew it.
00:53:12Here, put these things on so the game and won't know you.
00:53:18Isn't this a real sanitarium, Miss Elliot?
00:53:22It's run by a bunch of crooks preying on old women.
00:53:26They keep us in wheelchairs to weaken us.
00:53:28Dove our food so our minds won't be right.
00:53:31So we'll sign over everything we've got for a comfortable old age.
00:53:34That's awful. How did you get here?
00:53:36By the night before I was to make the school donation,
00:53:39I was taken suddenly very ill.
00:53:40Mr. Horster suggested that I come here.
00:53:55Want some, girlie?
00:53:56Not especially.
00:54:04Hey, you!
00:54:10I can't leave the guard.
00:54:21I will.
00:54:25We've got to hurry.
00:54:26I just flattened the guy.
00:54:28Who?
00:54:29That gunman that came to your house.
00:54:31How'd you do it?
00:54:32Listen.
00:54:33I'm not going to stop to tell you stories now.
00:54:35Duck!
00:54:40What's the matter?
00:54:50Starter step.
00:54:58Crank it.
00:55:01Crank.
00:55:10Hey, Brennan!
00:55:25Stop that car!
00:55:26Hold it.
00:55:27Hold it!
00:55:31Get out, you two.
00:55:38What are you doing around here?
00:55:39Drove in just a minute ago.
00:55:41Gave the password and said they was expected.
00:55:47What's going on?
00:55:48This kid's a friend of that Drew outfit.
00:55:51Keep your hands off me.
00:55:53The Eldridge dame.
00:55:55Then there must be another one.
00:56:01Come on out of there.
00:56:06Well, Nancy Drew.
00:56:09I don't care what you do to me, but you can't harm these young people.
00:56:14We'll take care of you later, Miss Eldridge.
00:56:16Take her to our room.
00:56:17And this time, Miss Tarsten sees you stays there.
00:56:19Don't worry.
00:56:20She won't get away again.
00:56:21I want to know what you're going to do to those children.
00:56:24Forget it.
00:56:30You sure this is a Drew kid?
00:56:31Of course I'm sure.
00:56:33What's your name?
00:56:34Ted, uh, Theodore Nickerson.
00:56:36Well, I don't know how you two found this house, but the fact that you did is very unfortunate.
00:56:43What are you going to do to us?
00:56:46I don't know.
00:56:47Listen, gentlemen.
00:56:48I warned you about Drew and this kid.
00:56:49How do you know they haven't blabbed the police?
00:56:51I'm sure they haven't.
00:56:52The cops would have been here by now.
00:56:53Well, what are you planning to do?
00:56:55Adopt them?
00:56:55I doubt if it'll come to that.
00:56:58Hollister will be here soon.
00:56:59He may have some ideas.
00:57:00Put them in the cellar.
00:57:02Come on.
00:57:05Step along, sister.
00:57:14Get down there.
00:57:18I see that you keep quiet.
00:57:19All right.
00:57:19All right.
00:57:19All right.
00:57:25I don't feel so hot myself.
00:57:36I didn't think we'd ever get anything like this.
00:57:39I should have listened to Dad and you.
00:57:42Oh, gosh.
00:57:43We had to try and help us out, didn't we?
00:57:45I guess so.
00:57:46Huh?
00:57:47I think I'm a match.
00:58:11Oh, it's only a cat.
00:58:13Oh, he's cute.
00:58:15Oh, it's all right.
00:58:17Hey.
00:58:18It's all right.
00:58:18It's all right.
00:58:19Good.
00:58:43Gosh.
00:58:44Take a ton of dynamite to bust out of here.
00:58:47Even if we did get out, we couldn't get off the grounds.
00:58:50Well, at least it'd be better than this.
00:58:53Maybe we could find the telephone.
00:58:54I don't suppose they'd had a phone.
00:58:56Or they wouldn't have used those carrier pigeons.
00:58:58Why?
00:59:00Look at this.
00:59:02What is it?
00:59:04An old x-ray machine.
00:59:07Boy, if it only works.
00:59:11Well, what have it done?
00:59:13That's the finish, then.
00:59:16We'll never get a cent out of the old lady now.
00:59:18Well, what are we going to do with her?
00:59:20Perhaps you can convince her there's nothing wrong and let her go.
00:59:22There's no proof that anything...
00:59:23Nothing doing, Hollister.
00:59:25Your bringing that eldritch woman here has cost me plenty.
00:59:27With what she knows about this place, I can kiss this business of mine goodbye.
00:59:30Well, that's not my fault.
00:59:32If you hadn't stalled around.
00:59:33Don't try to put the blame on me.
00:59:35You're in this thing as deep as we are.
00:59:37Only you try to be clever, throwing the Druze off the trail.
00:59:39Well, how did I know he was going to leave the girl behind?
00:59:41I suggest we be smart now and get out while there's still a chance.
00:59:44We've got the kids on our hands.
00:59:46You'll have to turn them loose.
00:59:47What for?
00:59:48Put the finger on us?
00:59:50What do you think we are?
00:59:51Well, what else can we do?
00:59:53There's still a way to get some dough out of this and I'm not quitting empty-handed.
00:59:56How?
00:59:57Miss Eldridge won't come through now.
00:59:59I'm not talking about her.
01:00:00Carson Drew has a little money and so have the Nickersons.
01:00:02They both want their kids back.
01:00:04You'll never get away with it.
01:00:05I'm going to get away with it.
01:00:07We're leaving here right now and the kids are going with us.
01:00:09And since you've come this far with us, you're going the rest of the way.
01:00:12I won't do it.
01:00:13And I won't let you.
01:00:14I'm going for the police myself.
01:00:22Here she goes.
01:00:24Oh, boy!
01:00:25It's not for a guy who understands code.
01:00:30Oh!
01:00:31Boy, am I glad we know something about radio!
01:00:42Station KSG.
01:00:43Station KSG.
01:00:44Station KSG.
01:00:45Station KSG.
01:00:46Station KSG.
01:00:47Station KSG.
01:00:48Station KSG.
01:00:49Station KSG.
01:00:50Station KSG.
01:00:51Station KSG.
01:00:52Station KSG.
01:00:53Station KSG.
01:00:54Station KSG.
01:00:55Station KSG.
01:00:56Station KSG.
01:00:57Station KSG.
01:00:58Station KSG.
01:00:59Station KSG.
01:01:00Station KSG.
01:01:01Station KSG.
01:01:02Station KSG.
01:01:03Station KSG.
01:01:04Station KSG.
01:01:05Station KSG.
01:01:06Station KSG.
01:01:07Station KSG.
01:01:08Find the woman.
01:01:10One, two, three, four.
01:01:12One, two, three, four.
01:01:14Okay, Joe.
01:01:23Excuse the interruption, friends of Radio Land.
01:01:26Cherchez la femme.
01:01:28Find the woman.
01:01:29You might as well say that a while, Cap.
01:01:31There's no use trying to broadcast her.
01:01:32This disturbance going on, you know.
01:01:34Let's grab a smoke, shall we?
01:01:38Oh, there you are.
01:01:40They told me I'd find you here.
01:01:41Mr. Drew, I'm on the air.
01:01:43You're not saying anything.
01:01:44I will be in a minute.
01:01:45Well, what I have to say won't take that long.
01:01:47I'm on my way to Sylvan Lake and I've got to hurry.
01:01:49Now, Mr. Drew, will you please have a seat?
01:01:50And as soon as I'm finished, I'll be only to...
01:01:52Will you listen to what I have to say for a minute?
01:01:54Certainly, Mr. Drew.
01:01:55All right.
01:01:56When I arrived in St. Louis, I found a wire from Hollister
01:01:58saying that he was detained here.
01:02:00After I had no luck in trying to locate Miss Eldridge myself,
01:02:02I got suspicious.
01:02:03So I made inquiries about Hollister,
01:02:05and I found that he had promised to pay large debts
01:02:07within 30 days.
01:02:09Well, I thought you might like to know that.
01:02:11Yeah.
01:02:12Yeah, I see what you mean.
01:02:14So you think Hollister kidnapped the old dame for her dough, eh?
01:02:17Well, roughly speaking, that's the idea.
01:02:24Hey, this is cold.
01:02:29S-Y-L-V-A-N.
01:02:37I'll tell you, Mr. Drew, I've had experience in these things.
01:02:43Captain, that disturbance was a cold message.
01:02:45It concerns you.
01:02:48Jumping jeepeter, Mr. Drew, it's about your daughter.
01:02:51My daughter?
01:02:52What about her?
01:02:53I'll see.
01:02:53She and the Nickerson boy are held by a gang out in the country.
01:02:58What?
01:02:59I know the place.
01:03:01Well, where is it?
01:03:01Let me see, where is that?
01:03:03Used to be an old restroom.
01:03:04Yes?
01:03:04I'll think of it in a minute.
01:03:07The Hennessy estate.
01:03:08Well, come on.
01:03:10Captain, you're on the air.
01:03:11The air?
01:03:11Yeah, well, well, you take it.
01:03:13All right, Thorne, get the car.
01:03:22Leave the back way.
01:03:23Keep her get those kids and hang on to them.
01:03:34Come on, hey, get it there.
01:03:37Come on, you, make it snappy.
01:03:43If you come any closer, I'll shoot.
01:03:46Give me that thing, girlie, before it bites you.
01:04:08Grab that glass.
01:04:09Come here.
01:04:11Hennessy.
01:04:13Oh, where in the world have you been?
01:04:16Where have I been?
01:04:17I like that work.
01:04:18Are you all right, honey?
01:04:19Let's sit through that window.
01:04:21Where's Ted?
01:04:24Ted, maybe I shot him.
01:04:26Shot?
01:04:27Ted!
01:04:27Ted!
01:04:29Is the war over?
01:04:35Let him in the car and keep him there.
01:04:36Well, Mr. Drew, I have to admit, your daughter's a pretty brave girl.
01:04:47There wouldn't be many kids that even pick up a cannon like that, let alone get her.
01:04:50Well, it's a clean-up.
01:04:53Hollister was just coming out of it when we found him.
01:04:55Now those birds won't take you or any other old dame, uh, uh, ladies for their dough.
01:04:59Now those birds won't take you or any other old dame, uh, uh, ladies for their dough.
01:05:03Ladies for their dough.
01:05:04We're all very grateful to you, Captain.
01:05:07Even if most of the credit does go to Nancy.
01:05:10Yes, Tweety, you'll have to go a long way to find anybody as wide awake as my Nancy.
01:05:16There we are!
01:05:17I'm sorry.
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