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Nancy Drew... Reporter

Nancy Drew... Reporter
★ 6.1/10•1939•1h 8m•NR•Comedy•Crime•Mystery

What chance has a story with this 16-year-old newshawk on its trail?

While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which high school students are asked to submit a news story, Nancy Drew intercepts a real story assignment concerning the death of a woman who was poisoned. Nancy doesn't think the young woman accused of the crime is guilty and corrals her neighbor Ted into searching for a vital piece of evidence and stumbles onto the identity of the real killer.

William Clemens · Director

Kenneth Gamet · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 8m
LanguageEN
Release DateFeb 18, 1939

Actors

Bonita Granville

Bonita Granville

Nancy Drew

John Litel

John Litel

Carson Drew

Frankie Thomas

Frankie Thomas

Ted Nickerson

Dickie Jones

Dickie Jones

Killer Parkins

Mary Lee

Mary Lee

Mary Nickerson

Larry Williams

Larry Williams

Miles Lambert

Betty Amann

Betty Amann

Eula Denning

Thomas E. Jackson

Thomas E. Jackson

City Editor Bostwick

Olin Howland

Olin Howland

Police Sergeant Entwhistle

Sheila Bromley

Sheila Bromley

Bonnie Lucas

Hooper Atchley

Hooper Atchley

The Chemist (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon

Tracy (uncredited)

Sam Bagley

Trainer (uncredited)

Al Bain

Al Bain

Gym Spectator (uncredited)

Frankie Burke

Beldenburg Hotel Bellboy (uncredited)

Nat Carr

Nat Carr

Dr. Carey (uncredited)

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