Nancy Drew... Reporter

Nancy Drew... Reporter

68 mins | Crime, Comedy, Mystery | Feb. 18, 1939

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.

Nancy Drew... Reporter

68 mins | Crime, Comedy, Mystery | Feb. 18, 1939

Nancy Drew... Reporter
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title Nancy Drew... Reporter
Directors Russell Saunders, William Clemens
Writers Edward Stratemeyer, Mildred Wirt Benson, Kenneth Gamet

Cast

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)