Product Details

• Actors: Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas, Mary Lee, Dickie Jones
• Directors: William Clemens
• Writers: Kenneth Gamet, Mildred Wirt Benson
• Producers: Bryan Foy, Hal B. Wallis, Jack L. Warner
• Format: Black & White, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Bridgestone Multimedia Group
• VHS Release Date: February 26, 2002
• Run Time: 70 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000007QZN
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #342,723 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good for a "B" Picture, January 5, 2002

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J. J. Carew (Green Bay, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nancy Drew Reporter [VHS] (VHS Tape)

As a Nancy Drew fan, I wanted to see the series of movies made in the 1930s featuring the teenage sleuth. Nancy Drew, Reporter, is the best of the lot. Part screwball comedy, part mystery, it reminds me of the popular Thin Man series. While the series of movies with Bonita Granville takes MANY liberties with the Nancy Drew characters, Nancy herself comes across well.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nancy Drew?, January 23, 2005

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Darren Sorgea "dorisdayoldmovies***" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nancy Drew...Reporter (DVD)

This is Nancy Drew?
I give this item 4 stars because 1: I love Nancy Drew, 2: The story is good, and 3: Bonita Granville does a good job.
But, Where is Hannah? Where is Togo? Where is Bess? Where is George? Where is Ned? Where all the these characters that are just as important as Nancy??
Actually, there is a Ned. Well, Ted, really. But he is a whimpy scairdy-cat.
Don't you think these films would have made a great hit if they actually copied the books to some degree?
Can you imagine the Secret of Red Gate Farm, or The Ringmasters Secret as a film! Wonderful! The fans would flock!
But no. And why not? I don't know. Bonita is great. She is really clever, and funny, but without the REAL characters, it's hard to even refer to this film as Nancy Drew.

16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful movie that has stood the test of time, February 1, 2001

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nancy Drew Reporter [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Nancy Drew continues to be one of the most popular and enduring adventure series for girls ever penned. It also served as the basis for a series of very fine films starring Bonita Granville as the plucky young girl whose curiosity and enthusiasm were always getting her into trouble. Nancy Drew: Reporter finds her sneaking out an exciting crime report to investigate for a local paper and promptly embroiling her friend Ted and wisecracking older brother Carson smack into the middle of a tangled and dangerous mystery. A wonderful movie that has stood the test of time and continues to be as enjoyable and family friendly as when it first debuted, Nancy Drew: Reporter is a very highly recommended addition to all community library video movie collections and we can only hope that Bridgestone Multimedia will eventually be able to bring out all the other wonderful Nancy Drew movies from a cinematic yesteryear.