Ratings

TMDB Rating 6.2
IMDB Rating 6.7

Financials

Revenue: $0

Budget: $0

Profit: - $0


Movie Details

Tag Line: What Chance Has a Story With This 16-Year-Old Newshawk On Its Trail?

Status: Released

Average Rating: 6

Release Date: Feb 18, 1939

Rating: 1939-02-18

Run Time: 1h 08m

Original Language: English

Website: -

Production Countries: United States of America

Production Companies: Warner Bros. Pictures


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Synopsis

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

Bonita Granville

Bonita Granville

Nancy Drew

Age : 65 | Popularity : 22%

John Litel

John Litel

Carson Drew

Age : 79 | Popularity : 42%

Frankie Thomas

Frankie Thomas

Ted Nickerson

Age : 85 | Popularity : 11%

Dickie Jones

Dickie Jones

Killer Parkins

Age : N/A | Popularity : 31%

Mary Lee

Mary Lee

Mary Nickerson

Age : N/A | Popularity : 15%

Larry Williams

Larry Williams

Miles Lambert

Age : 69 | Popularity : 3%

Betty Amann

Betty Amann

Eula Denning

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Thomas E. Jackson

Thomas E. Jackson

City Editor Bostwick

Age : N/A | Popularity : 21%


Crew

Department Role Name
Directing Director
William Clemens
William Clemens
Assistant Director
Russell Saunders
Russell Saunders
Camera Director of Photography
Arthur Edeson
Arthur Edeson
Sound Original Music Composer
Heinz Roemheld
Heinz Roemheld
Sound
Dolph Thomas
Dolph Thomas
Editing Editor
Frank DeWar
Frank DeWar
Art Art Direction
Stanley Fleischer
Stanley Fleischer
Costume & Make-Up Costume Design
Milo Anderson
Milo Anderson
Writing Story
Mildred Wirt Benson
Mildred Wirt Benson
Screenplay
Kenneth Gamet
Kenneth Gamet
Novel
Edward Stratemeyer
Edward Stratemeyer
Production Associate Producer
Bryan Foy
Bryan Foy
Executive Producer
Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis
Jack L. Warner
Jack L. Warner
Department Role Name

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