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Nancy Drew, contest-reporter for the local newspaper, clears a young woman of murder charges.Nancy Drew, contest-reporter for the local newspaper, clears a young woman of murder charges.Nancy Drew, contest-reporter for the local newspaper, clears a young woman of murder charges.
Frankie Thomas
- Ted Nickerson
- (as Frank Thomas Jr.)
Thomas E. Jackson
- Bostwick - City Editor
- (as Thomas Jackson)
Hooper Atchley
- Chemist
- (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
- Tracy
- (uncredited)
Sam Bagley
- Trainer
- (uncredited)
Al Bain
- Gym Spectator
- (uncredited)
Frankie Burke
- Bellboy
- (uncredited)
Glen Cavender
- Newspaper Office Worker
- (uncredited)
- …
Loia Cheaney
- Newspaper Office Worker
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThe high speed car chase with Nancy trying to catch up to another driver who damaged her car was largely filmed on the streets of Burbank, right outside the gates of Warner Brothers' studio, where this film was made.
- GoofsThe license plate on Nancy's car late in the film is different than it was during the rest of the film.
- Quotes
City Editor Bostwick: Why anyone is simple minded enough to want to work on a newspaper I've never been able to find out.
Nancy Drew: Why Mr. Bostwick, journalism is a very noble and glorious career. With all the adventure and romance and everything I'd think you would just love it.
- ConnectionsEdited into Who Dunit Theater: Nancy Drew - Reporter (2015)
- SoundtracksPretty Baby
(1916) (uncredited)
Music by Tony Jackson and Egbert Van Alstyne
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
Sung by John Litel while putting Nancy to bed
Featured review
Very Enjoyable B-Feature
This very enjoyable B-feature was part of a series that starred Bonita Granville as Nancy Drew, with Frankie Thomas as her loyal and often beleaguered friend Ted. As long as you have the right expectations, it's good fun to watch. The detective story is simple but lively, and it has many pleasant light moments that make the time fly by.
In this feature (which is not one of the stories adapted directly from the books), Nancy tries her hand at being a reporter while she simultaneously attempts to clear an heiress of a murder charge. The plot is meant to be enjoyed rather than analyzed, and the settings likewise are pleasantly varied, as long as you aren't too critical of the details.
Granville probably didn't find this role much of a challenge, but she gives it exactly what is called for. She makes it believable that Nancy really could outsmart all of the 'adult' characters, and she also has plenty of lively energy. Thomas makes Ted seem appropriately fretful about Nancy's taste for adventure, yet always ready to help.
Several of the sequences work pretty well as light entertainment, and the brisk pace holds it together rather effectively. This is really just what you hope for in a B-feature - not much of a weighty nature, to be sure, but more than enough to make for an enjoyable hour or so of viewing.
In this feature (which is not one of the stories adapted directly from the books), Nancy tries her hand at being a reporter while she simultaneously attempts to clear an heiress of a murder charge. The plot is meant to be enjoyed rather than analyzed, and the settings likewise are pleasantly varied, as long as you aren't too critical of the details.
Granville probably didn't find this role much of a challenge, but she gives it exactly what is called for. She makes it believable that Nancy really could outsmart all of the 'adult' characters, and she also has plenty of lively energy. Thomas makes Ted seem appropriately fretful about Nancy's taste for adventure, yet always ready to help.
Several of the sequences work pretty well as light entertainment, and the brisk pace holds it together rather effectively. This is really just what you hope for in a B-feature - not much of a weighty nature, to be sure, but more than enough to make for an enjoyable hour or so of viewing.
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- Jul 6, 2005
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- Runtime1 hour 8 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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