Based on the paperback novels by Edward Stratemeyer (under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon), The Hardy Boys Mysteries was an hour-long show originally broadcast on ABC from 1977 to 1979. Older, wiser brother Frank (
Parker Stevenson) and younger, more impulsive brother Joe (
Shaun Cassidy) were the teenaged sons of famous detective Fenton Hardy (Ed Gilbert). In each episode they solved a different mystery, receiving help from time to time from girl detective Nancy Drew (
Pamela Sue Martin). Teen heartthrobs Stevenson and Cassidy can be remembered for their fluffy '70s hair, lean athletic builds, and fashion-consciousness. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide