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Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)

Nancy Drew... Reporter poster
Directed by
William Clemens
Genre
comedy drama, crime film, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 08m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 30 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage sleuth, Nancy Drew, tries to win a newspaper contest by solving a mystery. She gets into a series of small adventures as she competes with a rival reporter to uncover the story.

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What happens

Nancy Drew... Reporter is a 1939 American comedy-mystery film directed by William Clemens and written by Kenneth Gamet. The film stars Bonita Granville as Nancy Drew, John Litel, Frankie Thomas, Mary Lee, Dickie Jones and Larry Williams. The film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on February 18, 1939. It is a sequel to Nancy Drew... Detective (1938) and was followed by Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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