Film

Nancy Drew... Reporter

1939 · 1h 8m · Comedy · Crime · Mystery

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

IMDb

6.5

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's daughter Nancy intercepts a real story assignment. She "covers" the inquest of 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.

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)

Sam Bagley

Trainer (uncredited)

Al Bain

Gym Spectator (uncredited)

Frankie Burke

Beldenburg Hotel Bellboy (uncredited)

Nat Carr

Dr. Carey (uncredited)

• William ClemensDirector
• Kenneth GametScreenplay
• Mildred Wirt BensonStory
• Edward StratemeyerNovel
• Hal B. WallisExecutive Producer
• Jack L. WarnerExecutive Producer
• Arthur EdesonDirector of Photography
• Heinz RoemheldOriginal Music Composer
• Frank DeWarEditor

Nancy Drew Reporter Trailer

Release date

February 18, 1939

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 8m

Rated

NR

Genres

Comedy, Crime, Mystery

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