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.
Bonita Granville John Litel Frankie Thomas Dickie Jones Mary Lee Larry Williams Betty Amann Thomas E. Jackson Olin Howland Sheila Bromley Hooper Atchley Irving Bacon Sam Bagley Al Bain Frankie Burke Nat Carr Glen Cavender Loia Cheaney Steve Clark Jimmy Conlin Clyde Courtright John Dilson Edgar Edwards Jimmie Fox Paul Fung Willie Fung Chester Gan Jack A. Goodrich Dick Gordon Sol Gorss William Gould Eddie Graham Kit Guard George Guhl Robert Haines Florence Halop Charles Halton Al Herman Harry Hollingsworth Jack Kenney Johnny Kern Paul King Joan Leslie Al Lloyd George Lloyd Charles Marsh Frank Mayo Pat McKee Jack Mower Leonard Mudie George Offerman, Jr. Frank Orth Paul Panzer Bob Perry Jack Perry Jessie Perry Renie Riano John J. Richardson John Ridgely Betty Roadman Cliff Saum Charles Smith Charles Sullivan Elliott Sullivan Lois Verner Jack Wagner Pat West Leo White Jack Wise Walter Young
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