Nancy Drew... Reporter

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

Duration: 68 min

Release date: 1939-02-18

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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

Bonita Granville

as Ted Nickerson

as Killer Parkins

as Mary Nickerson

as Miles Lambert

as Eula Denning

Thomas E. Jackson

Thomas E. Jackson

as City Editor Bostwick

as Police Sergeant Entwhistle

as Bonnie Lucas

as The Chemist (uncredited)

as Tracy (uncredited)

as Trainer (uncredited)

as Gym Spectator (uncredited)

as Beldenburg Hotel Bellboy (uncredited)

as Dr. Carey (uncredited)

as Newspaper Office Worker / Beldenburg Hotel Passerby (uncredited)

as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)

as Pedestrian (uncredited)

as Newspaper Morgue-Keeper (uncredited)

Clyde Courtright

Clyde Courtright

as Beldenburg Hotel Doorman (uncredited)

as Deputy Coroner (uncredited)

as Drunk (uncredited)

as Gym Trainer (uncredited)

as Mandarin Cafe Waiter (uncredited)

as Mandarin Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)

as Mandarin Cafe Headwaiter (uncredited)

Jack A. Goodrich

Jack A. Goodrich

as Photographer in Courtroom (uncredited)

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

as Citizen Driver (uncredited)

as The Judge (uncredited)

as Pedestrian During Chase (uncredited)

as Man at Gym Counter (uncredited)

as Policeman at Lambert Estate (uncredited)

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

as Phyllis Gimble, Journalism Student (uncredited)

as Newspaper Publicity Man (uncredited)

as Gym Spectator (uncredited)

Harry Hollingsworth

Harry Hollingsworth

as Policeman (uncredited)

as Gym Spectator with Cigar (uncredited)

as Gym Spectator (uncredited)

as Waiter (uncredited)

as Mayme, Journalism Student (uncredited)

as Pedestrian Outside Hotel (uncredited)

as Maxie, Gym Attendant (uncredited)

as Beldenburg Hotel Engineer (uncredited)

as Man Leaving Courthouse (uncredited)

as Admission Collector at Gym (uncredited)

as Deputy Coroner (uncredited)

as Deputy District Attorney Garrett (uncredited)

George Offerman, Jr.

George Offerman, Jr.

as Tribune Office Boy (uncredited)

as Captain Tweedy (uncredited)

as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)

as Man at Gym Gate (uncredited)

as Soxie Anthens (uncredited)

as Second Prison Matron (uncredited)

as Effie Schneider (uncredited)

John J. Richardson

John J. Richardson

as Joe, Taxi Driver (uncredited)

as Beldenburg Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

as First Prison Matron (uncredited)

as Policeman Outside Courthouse (uncredited)

as Charles, Journalism Student (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Charles Sullivan

as Gym Spectator (uncredited)

Elliott Sullivan

Elliott Sullivan

as Pedestrian (uncredited)

as Theresa, Journalism Student (uncredited)

as Jack, Journalism Student (uncredited)

as Jake, Gym Trainer (uncredited)

as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)

as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)

as Dr. Hibbard (uncredited)

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William Clemens

William Clemens

Stanley Fleischer

Stanley Fleischer

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Mildred Wirt Benson

Mildred Wirt Benson

Executive Producer

Russell Saunders

Russell Saunders

Assistant Director

Associate Producer

Executive Producer

Edward Stratemeyer

Edward Stratemeyer

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