Nancy Drew... Reporter(1939)

Name: Nancy Drew... Reporter
Director: William Clemens
Released: 1939-02-18
Rating: 6
Cast: Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas, Dickie Jones, Mary Lee

02/18/1939 (US)Comedy, Crime, Mystery1h 8m

6.0

"What Chance Has a Story With This 16-Year-Old Newshawk On Its Trail?"

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.

William Clemens

Director

Mildred Wirt Benson

Story

Kenneth Gamet

Screenplay