Nancy Drew... Reporter

Nancy Drew... Reporter

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

NR 1939 · 68 min · ★ 6.0 · Comedy, Crime, Mystery

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.

Directed by William Clemens · Written by Mildred Wirt Benson

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Bonita Granville Nancy Drew
John Litel Carson Drew
Frankie Thomas Ted Nickerson
Dickie Jones Killer Parkins
Mary Lee Mary Nickerson
Larry Williams Miles Lambert
Betty Amann Eula Denning
Thomas E. Jackson City Editor Bostwick
Olin Howland Police Sergeant Entwhistle
Sheila Bromley Bonnie Lucas
Hooper Atchley The Chemist (uncredited)
Irving Bacon Tracy (uncredited)

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