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Reviews 68% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Teen sleuth Nancy Drew (Bonita Granville), always eager to solve a mystery, grows suspicious when eccentric dowager Mary Eldridge (Helena...
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Nancy Drew: Detective: Directed by William Clemens. With Bonita Granville, John Litel, James Stephenson, Frankie Thomas. After a wealthy dowager who has made a substantial donation to her alma mater suddenly disappears, Nancy Drew sets out to solve the mystery.
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- Comedy, Crime, Family
- William Clemens
- 1938-11-19
First in the short series of Nancy Drew movies made in 1938/39. The mystery here has Nancy (Bonita Granville) searching for a missing wealthy dowager and tangling with crooks. Granville is dynamite in probably her most famous role. John Litel is good as Nancy's encouraging but protective father.
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Variety found Nancy Drew: Detective mildly appealing, saying, "Direction is acceptable, since it keeps the action spinning and doesn't let the subtleties impede the story. Miss Granville is forthright and refreshing as the bright-eyed heroine." The film did well enough that it was soon followed in 1939 by Nancy Drew...
Nancy Drew... Detective. Nancy Drew... Detective is a 1938 American comedy film directed by William Clemens and written by Kenneth Garnet. The film stars Bonita Granville, John Litel, James Stephenson, Frankie Thomas, Frank Orth and Helena Phillips Evans. The film was released by Warner Bros. on November 19, 1938. [1] [2] [3] Plot.