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Nancy Drew: Reporter
- Director: William Clemens
- Writer: Kenneth Gamet; Mildred Wirt Benson
- Producer: Bryan Foy; Hal B. Wallis
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Never before has criminal investigation been so simple...or, so sickly sweet.
A policeman disguises himself as an old granny...that, in itself, is the mystery.
More patronising pulp from the age of innocence.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
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 they stumble onto the identity of the real killer.
Cast & Characters
Bonita Granville as Nancy Drew;
John Litel as Carson Drew;
Frankie Thomas as Ted Nickerson;
Mary Lee as Mary Nickerson;
Dickie Jones as Killer Parkins;
Larry Williams as Miles Lambert;
Betty Amann as Eula Denning;
Thomas E. Jackson as City Editor Bostwick;
Olin Howland as Sergeant Entwhistle;
Sheila Bromley as Bonnie Lucas;
Hooper Atchley as The Chemist;
Irving Bacon as Tracy;
Frankie Burke as Beldenburg Hotel Bellboy;
Nat Carr as Dr. Carey, the Coroner;
Glen Cavender as Extra, Office Worker / Bedbug Hotel Passerby