The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977–1979): Season 1, Episode 6 - The Secret of the Whispering Walls - full transcript

(male narrator)
Tonight, Nancy Drew

in The Secret
of the Whispering Walls.

[crunching]

[clicking]

[clattering]

Super evening, Ned.
Thanks for the movies.

(Ned)
Good night, George.

[door closing]

[door knob clicking]

[clicking]

[door closing]



Dad?

(Nancy)
Who's there?

Is somebody there?

[screams]

(George)
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.

[rustling]

Nancy,
he's coming back.

[footsteps approaching]



[groaning]

George!

[birds chirping]

Did you find out
what's missing yet?

Oh, uh, gee, I'll-
I'll tell you later, hon,

after my double vision goes.

[chuckling]
Hi, George.

I'm sorry, Mr. Drew.
I really-

[chuckling]
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.

[sighing]

Yeah. Well...

But, Carson, I thought
you said it was all settled.

(Carson)
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.

[sighing]

Well, they're upset,

but I know they'll calm down
when you get there.

[birds chirping]

(George) 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.

[chuckling]
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.

[laughing]

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!

[tires squealing]

[car engine revving]

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.

[tractor engine starting]

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!

[chuckling]

He is really attractive.

You laugh.

It's a long walk
to my aunt's house.

Let's get the bags.

[birds twittering]

[dog barking]

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.

[tractor engine roaring]

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.

(Lela) 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.

[chuckling]

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.

(Carson)
What's the matter with him?

(Ned)
Hey, look out!

Hang on, Ned. I don't know
what he's doing.

[tires squealing]

He's crazy.

[crashing]

What's the matter
with you?

[tires squealing]

Hold on, Ned.

[tires screeching]

[tires skidding]

[owl hooting]

[sighing]

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.

[chuckling]

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.

[sneezing]

Thank you, Walter.

Aunt Lela's cough tonic.

[coughing]

[Lela clearing throat]

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.

[scoffing]

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.

[owl hooting]

Good night.
Good night.

[clock chiming]

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.

[chuckling]
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?

[sighs]
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.

[door closing]

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.

[woman on P.A. system] 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...

[groaning]

Uh-huh.

Well, maybe I did
twist my back a little.

Here, let me help you.

No, no. No, no,
thank you. Thank you.

[sighing]

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?

[sighing]

[banging]

[wind howling]

[snoring]

[rustling]

[tinkling]

[snoring]

Lela, you're making
those noises again.

Stop it. Oh.

[metallic clattering]

[screaming]

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.
100 percent, yes.

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?

[breathing heavily]

[dog howling]

[rattling]

[rumbling]

[voices whispering]

[hollow tapping]

[creaking]

[creaking]

[creaking]

[voices whispering]

Who's that?

[footsteps receding]

Is somebody there?

[creaking]

[creaking continues]

[screaming]

[breathing heavily]

[clattering]

[creaking]

[voices whispering]

[metallic clanking]

[rattling]

[rhythmic clattering]

[clattering continues]

[footsteps approaching]

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.

[sighs]
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.

[owl hooting]

[telephone ringing]

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?

(Ned)
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.

(Ned)
You'll hear from me. Bye.

(Nancy)
Okay, Ned.

I'll call you when
I know more. Goodbye.

[telephone clicks]

[door opens]

[car engine starting]

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.

[chuckling]

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.

(Lela)
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.

(Nancy)
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.

[humming]

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.

(Nancy)
That's Walter's truck.

(George)
So?

I'm gonna check out
the barn.

I'll go put these
in your room.

[birds chirping]

[stomping]

Hmm. Another entrance
to the tunnel.

(Walter) 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.

(George)
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.

[sighing]

There's something else.
What?

Something else
has been bothering me.

I'm gonna show you tonight.

[wind howling]

[footsteps shuffling]

[car engine starting]

There they go.
And here we go.

[rustling]

[metallic clanking]

"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.

[distant tapping]

[clattering]

[creaking]

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.

[creaking]

[male voices muttering]

[creaking]

[male voices muttering]

Dinko, what are you doin'
out here this time of night?

I'm watchin' out
for my interests. Listen.

[creaking]

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!

[creaking]

[creaking]

[clattering]

Watch your step here.

[male voices muttering]

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.

[whispering] I didn't
even ask a question.

That's Dinko Warner.

I know.

Come on, let's
follow his light.

[tapping]

[whirring]

[squeaking]

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.

[machine squeaking]

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
10,000 pounds of rock.

It'll take them years
to dig it out.

[footsteps approaching]

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.

[muffled screams]

(Walter)
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.

(Sylvia)
We can't just leave him here.

We have no choice.

[whispering]
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.

[bomb ticking]

[mumbling]

Shh. I've got
to get these untied.

[Lela humming]

[panting]

Lela!

(George)
Ruby!

Call the police!

Lela!

Call the police!

[bomb ticking]

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!

[grunting]

[glass shattering]

Call the police!

[knocking on door]

Excuse me, ma'am.

I'm looking
for Nancy Drew.

Lela, call the police!

What was that?

What was what?

(George)
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?

(George)
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.

[exclaiming]

[sirens blaring]

(Ned)
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.

(Ned)
There's no one here.

Leave a couple of men.

Then, uh, let's go
to Dinko's well.

[bomb ticking]

Grab all the money you can.
Let's go.

[footsteps approaching]

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.

[footsteps approaching]

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.

[sirens wailing]

Nancy!

George! You all right?

Fine!

(Nancy)
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?

(Dora)
Dinko! Dinko!

[crying]
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.

[laughing]

Come on, you two.

We got a lot of
explaining to do

to Aunt Ruby
and Aunt Lela.

[all laughing]

[all chattering]

(Nancy) 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.

[knocking on door]

[sighing]

Miss Coot.

Come in.

Mr. Warner,

I take it you're ready
to close escrow.

Tell him, Dinko.

Well, not exactly.

[sighing]
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?

[coughing]

Yes, Aunt Lela.

[chuckling]