Movie
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Released: February 18, 1939 (1939)
Runtime: 68 minutes
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Olin Howland as Police Sergeant Entwhistle
Age at release: 53
- Thomas E. Jackson as City Editor Bostwick
Age at release: 52
- John Litel as Carson Drew
Age at release: 46
- Betty Amann as Eula Denning
Age at release: 33
- Sheila Bromley as Bonnie Lucas
Age at release: 27
- Larry Williams as Miles Lambert
Age at release: 25
- Frankie Thomas as Ted Nickerson
Age at release: 17
- Bonita Granville as Nancy Drew
Age at release: 16
- Mary Lee as Mary Nickerson
Age at release: 14
- Dickie Jones as Killer Parkins
Age at release: 11
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- Glen Cavender as Newspaper Office Worker / Beldenburg Hotel Passerby (uncredited)
Age at release: 55
- Jimmy Conlin as Newspaper Morgue-Keeper (uncredited)
Age at release: 54
- Nat Carr as Dr. Carey (uncredited)
Age at release: 52
- William Gould as The Judge (uncredited)
Age at release: 52
- Hooper Atchley as The Chemist (uncredited)
Age at release: 51
- John Dilson as Deputy Coroner (uncredited)
Age at release: 48
- Steve Clark as Pedestrian (uncredited)
Age at release: 47
- Jimmie Fox as Gym Trainer (uncredited)
Age at release: 47
- Irving Bacon as Tracy (uncredited)
Age at release: 45
- Dick Gordon as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Age at release: 45
- Willie Fung as Mandarin Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
Age at release: 42
- Loia Cheaney as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
Age at release: 36
- Al Bain as Gym Spectator (uncredited)
Age at release: 30
- Chester Gan as Mandarin Cafe Headwaiter (uncredited)
Age at release: 30
- Sol Gorss as Citizen Driver (uncredited)
Age at release: 30
- Edgar Edwards as Drunk (uncredited)
Age at release: 27
- Sam Bagley as Trainer (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Frankie Burke as Beldenburg Hotel Bellboy (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Clyde Courtright as Beldenburg Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Paul Fung as Mandarin Cafe Waiter (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown