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Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)

Directed by William Clemens

Mystery | Comedy

Overview

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.

Rated NR | Length 68 minutes

Actors

Bonita Granville | John Litel | Frankie Thomas | Dickie Jones | Mary Lee | Larry Williams | Betty Amann | Thomas E. Jackson | Olin Howland | Sheila Bromley | Hooper Atchley | Irving Bacon | Sam Bagley | Al Bain | Frankie Burke | Nat Carr | Glen Cavender | Loia Cheaney | Steve Clark | Jimmy Conlin | Clyde Courtright | John Dilson | Edgar Edwards | Jimmie Fox | Paul Fung | Willie Fung | Chester Gan | Jack A. Goodrich | Dick Gordon | Sol Gorss | William Gould | Eddie Graham | Kit Guard | George Guhl | Robert Haines | Florence Halop | Charles Halton | Al Herman | Harry Hollingsworth | Jack Kenney | Johnny Kern | Paul King | Joan Leslie | Al Lloyd | George Lloyd | Charles Marsh | Frank Mayo | Pat McKee | Jack Mower | Leonard Mudie | George Offerman Jr. | Frank Orth | Paul Panzer | Bob Perry | Jack Perry | Jessie Perry | Renie Riano | John J. Richardson | John Ridgely | Betty Roadman | Cliff Saum | Charles Smith | Charles Sullivan | Elliott Sullivan | Lois Verner | Jack Wagner | Pat West | Leo White | Jack Wise | Walter Young

Viewing History (seen 3 times)

Viewing Notes

TCM is running all the Bonita Granville Nancy Drew films this month so of course I’m going to watch them again. This is the second in the series of four and it’s a step up from the first movie.

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