"Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the murder of their chauffeur complicates matters."
Bonita Granville
as Nancy Drew
Frankie Thomas
as Ted Nickerson
John Litel
as Carson Drew
Frank Orth
as Captain Tweedy
Renie Riano
as Effie Schneider
Vera Lewis
as Miss Rosemary Turnbull
Louise Carter
as Miss Floretta Turnbull
William Gould
as Daniel Talbert
George Guhl
as Smitty
John Ridgely
as Reporter
William Hopper
as Reporter (as DeWolf Hopper)
Creighton Hale
Frank Mayo
as Tribune Photographer
Frederic Tozere
as District Attorney's Investigator (as Fredric Tozere)
Don Rowan
as Phillips the Chauffeur
Dick Elliott
as McKeever
Fern Barry
as McKeever's Secretary (uncredited)
Nat Carr
as Policeman (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
as Reporters' Driver (uncredited)
Frank Meredith
as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Jack Mower
as Ice Company Dispatcher (uncredited)
Terry Nibert
as Turnbull's Kitchen Maid (uncredited)
Paul Panzer
as Reporter (uncredited)
Eddie Parker
Bob Reeves
as Cop (uncredited)
John J. Richardson
Cliff Saum
as Burt the Iceman (uncredited)
Joanne Tree
as Teen (uncredited)
Jack Wise
as Second Photographer (uncredited)
William Clemens
Director
Mildred Wirt Benson
Story
Kenneth Gamet
Screenplay
Russell Saunders
Assistant Director
Everett Alton Brown
Sound
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Heinz Roemheld
Original Music Composer
Milo Anderson
Costume Design
L. William O'Connell
Director of Photography
Bryan Foy
Associate Producer
Louis Hesse
Editor
Jack L. Warner
Ted Smith
Art Direction
Lee Hugunin
Unit Manager
Edward Stratemeyer
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