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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
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Nancy Drew...Reporter is a breezy second entry in movie series
Before Veronica Mars, there was Nancy Drew, the teenage amateur detective with an attorney father created in a series of juvenile novels by "Carolyn Keene" (not a real name). Nancy Drew...Reporter was the second of four films that starred Bonita Granville as the title character for Warner Bros. Directed at a fast pace with crackling dialogue and humorous and suspenseful moments throughout, this movie is a breeze at just 68 minutes. Wonderful supporting cast includes John Litel as Nancy's father, Frankie Thomas as Nancy's boyfriend Ted, and Mary Lee and Dickie Jones as Ted's sister and her friend who cause trouble wherever they go. The last two had a future association with Gene Autry with Lee appearing in some of his '40s movies and Dickie (later Dick) also appearing with him then starring in later TV series "Range Rider" and "Buffalo Bill, Jr." for Autry's production company. Though it stops the story, there is a wonderful swinging version of Nursery Rhymes as sung by Granville, Thomas, Lee, and Jones. Dickie would also be famous as the title character voice of Walt Disney's Pinocchio. Well worth seeing for fans of Drew and '30s programmers. P.S. Joan Leslie and Florence Halop appear as classmates of Nancy in the newsroom field trip sequence.
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- Runtime1 hour 8 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939) officially released in Canada in English?
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