Nancy Drew... Reporter

What chance has a story with this 16-year-old newshawk on its trail?

A spirited, light-hearted mystery romp centered on a clever teenage girl detective who solves a poisoning case while pursuing a newspaper story, blending comedy with genuine detective work.

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.