Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the murder of their chauffeur complicates matters.
Acting
Bonita Granville's Nancy: chaotic, brilliant, absolutely unhinged.
Writing
Snappy 1939 banter that somehow includes legal probate drama.
Director
William Clemens
Bonita Granville
Nancy Drew
Frankie Thomas
Ted Nickerson
John Litel
Carson Drew
Frank Orth
Captain Tweedy
Renie Riano
Effie Schneider
Vera Lewis
Rosemary Turnbull
Louise Carter
Floretta Turnbull
William Gould
Daniel Talbert
George Guhl
Smitty
John Ridgely
Reporter
William Hopper
Reporter
Creighton Hale
Reporter
Frank Mayo
Tribune Photographer
Frederic Tozere
District Attorney's Investigator
Don Rowan
Phillips
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the second of four Nancy Drew films Warner Bros. rushed out in 1938-39, barely based on the actual book.
Bonita Granville's Nancy was deliberately rewritten to be more 'relatable'—meaning she crashes cars, screams constantly, and defies her father. The 1930s teen girl audience loved her for it.
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