Nancy Drew... Reporter

Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)

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

  • Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
  • Release Date: 1939-02-18
  • User Rating: 6.2/10 from 28 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 8min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: William Clemens
star 6.2/10
From 28 Ratings
6.5

Summary

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.

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  • Bonita Granville

    as Nancy Drew
  • John Litel

    as Carson Drew
  • Frankie Thomas

    as Ted Nickerson
  • Dickie Jones

    as Killer Parkins
  • Mary Lee

    as Mary Nickerson
  • Larry Williams

    as Miles Lambert
  • Betty Amann

    as Eula Denning
  • Thomas E. Jackson

    as City Editor Bostwick
  • Olin Howland

    as Police Sergeant Entwhistle
  • Sheila Bromley

    as Bonnie Lucas
  • Hooper Atchley

    as The Chemist (uncredited)
  • Irving Bacon

    as Tracy (uncredited)
  • Sam Bagley

    as Trainer (uncredited)
  • Al Bain

    as Gym Spectator (uncredited)
  • Frankie Burke

    as Beldenburg Hotel Bellboy (uncredited)
  • Nat Carr

    as Dr. Carey (uncredited)
  • Glen Cavender

    as Newspaper Office Worker / Beldenburg Hotel Passerby (uncredited)
  • Loia Cheaney

    as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
  • Steve Clark

    as Pedestrian (uncredited)
  • Jimmy Conlin

    as Newspaper Morgue-Keeper (uncredited)
  • Clyde Courtright

    as Beldenburg Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
  • John Dilson

    as Deputy Coroner (uncredited)
  • Edgar Edwards

    as Drunk (uncredited)
  • Jimmie Fox

    as Gym Trainer (uncredited)
  • Paul Fung

    as Mandarin Cafe Waiter (uncredited)
  • Willie Fung

    as Mandarin Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
  • Chester Gan

    as Mandarin Cafe Headwaiter (uncredited)
  • Jack A. Goodrich

    as Photographer in Courtroom (uncredited)
  • Dick Gordon

    as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
  • Sol Gorss

    as Citizen Driver (uncredited)
  • William Gould

    as The Judge (uncredited)
  • Eddie Graham

    as Pedestrian During Chase (uncredited)
  • Kit Guard

    as Man at Gym Counter (uncredited)
  • George Guhl

    as Policeman at Lambert Estate (uncredited)
  • Robert Haines

    as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
  • Florence Halop

    as Phyllis Gimble, Journalism Student (uncredited)
  • Charles Halton

    as Newspaper Publicity Man (uncredited)
  • Al Herman

    as Gym Spectator (uncredited)
  • Harry Hollingsworth

    as Policeman (uncredited)
  • Jack Kenney

    as Gym Spectator with Cigar (uncredited)
  • Johnny Kern

    as Gym Spectator (uncredited)
  • Paul King

    as Waiter (uncredited)
  • Joan Leslie

    as Mayme, Journalism Student (uncredited)
  • Al Lloyd

    as Pedestrian Outside Hotel (uncredited)
  • George Lloyd

    as Maxie, Gym Attendant (uncredited)
  • Charles Marsh

    as Beldenburg Hotel Engineer (uncredited)
  • Frank Mayo

    as Man Leaving Courthouse (uncredited)
  • Pat McKee

    as Admission Collector at Gym (uncredited)
  • Jack Mower

    as Deputy Coroner (uncredited)
  • Leonard Mudie

    as Deputy District Attorney Garrett (uncredited)
  • George Offerman, Jr.

    as Tribune Office Boy (uncredited)
  • Frank Orth

    as Captain Tweedy (uncredited)
  • Paul Panzer

    as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
  • Bob Perry

    as Man at Gym Gate (uncredited)
  • Jack Perry

    as Soxie Anthens (uncredited)
  • Jessie Perry

    as Second Prison Matron (uncredited)
  • Renie Riano

    as Effie Schneider (uncredited)
  • John J. Richardson

    as Joe, Taxi Driver (uncredited)
  • John Ridgely

    as Beldenburg Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
  • Betty Roadman

    as First Prison Matron (uncredited)
  • Cliff Saum

    as Policeman Outside Courthouse (uncredited)
  • Charles Smith

    as Charles, Journalism Student (uncredited)
  • Charles Sullivan

    as Gym Spectator (uncredited)
  • Elliott Sullivan

    as Pedestrian (uncredited)
  • Lois Verner

    as Theresa, Journalism Student (uncredited)
  • Jack Wagner

    as Jack, Journalism Student (uncredited)
  • Pat West

    as Jake, Gym Trainer (uncredited)
  • Leo White

    as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
  • Jack Wise

    as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
  • Walter Young

    as Dr. Hibbard (uncredited)
Directing William Clemens Director
Editing Frank DeWar Editor
Costume & Make-Up Milo Anderson Costume Design
Art Stanley Fleischer Art Direction
Sound Heinz Roemheld Original Music Composer
Camera Arthur Edeson Director of Photography
Writing Mildred Wirt Benson Story
Sound Dolph Thomas Sound
Production Jack L. Warner Executive Producer
Directing Russell Saunders Assistant Director
Production Bryan Foy Associate Producer
Production Hal B. Wallis Executive Producer
Writing Kenneth Gamet Screenplay
Writing Edward Stratemeyer Novel

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