Nancy Drew... Reporter
“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.
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4 films
Cast
70 people
Bonita Granville
Nancy Drew
Known for
Now, Voyager
The Glass Key
John Litel
Carson Drew
Known for
The Life of Emile Zola
Pitfall
Frankie Thomas
Ted Nickerson
Known for
The Major and the Minor
Boys Town
Dickie Jones
Killer Parkins
Known for
Destry Rides Again
Black Legion
Mary Lee
Mary Nickerson
Also in
Barnyard Follies
Ridin' on a Rainbow
Larry Williams
Miles Lambert
Also in
Torchy Blane in Panama
Quiet, Please
Betty Amann
Eula Denning
Known for
Rich and Strange
Asphalt
Thomas E. Jackson
City Editor Bostwick
Known for
The Woman in the Window
Little Caesar
Olin Howland
Police Sergeant Entwhistle
Known for
The Blob
Them!
Sheila Bromley
Bonnie Lucas
Known for
There's Always Tomorrow
Hooper Atchley
The Chemist (uncredited)
Also in
Hell's House
Mr. Wong, Detective
Irving Bacon
Tracy (uncredited)
Known for
Shadow of a Doubt
A Star Is Born
William Clemens Director · Kenneth Gamet Screenplay Mildred Wirt Benson Story
United States release February 18, 1939 · Produced in United States
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 18, 1939
Theatrical
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