15 Oct 1983
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A New York detective and a victim's colleague hunt a killer who preys on single women.
Nancy Drew... Reporter
What Chance Has a Story With This 16-Year-Old Newshawk On Its Trail?
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.
Top Billed Cast
Bonita Granville Nancy Drew
John Litel Carson Drew
Frankie Thomas Ted Nickerson
Dickie Jones Killer Parkins
Mary Lee Mary Nickerson
Larry Williams Miles Lambert
Betty Amann Eula Denning
Thomas E. Jackson City Editor Bostwick
Olin Howland Police Sergeant Entwhistle
Sheila Bromley Bonnie Lucas
Hooper Atchley The Chemist (uncredited)
Irving Bacon Tracy (uncredited)
Sam Bagley Trainer (uncredited)
Al Bain Gym Spectator (uncredited)
Frankie Burke Beldenburg Hotel Bellboy (uncredited)
Nat Carr Dr. Carey (uncredited)
Glen Cavender Newspaper Office Worker / Beldenburg Hotel Passerby (uncredited)
Loia Cheaney Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
Steve Clark Pedestrian (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin Newspaper Morgue-Keeper (uncredited)
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