Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)

Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)

What Chance Has a Story With This 16-Year-Old Newshawk On Its Trail? 1939-02-18 United States of America 68 Min. PG-13
6.2 28 votes

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.

Cast

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