
When a close friend of the Drew family is accused of murder in a rural community, Nancy, aided by boyfriend Ted, helps her lawyer father expose the real killers.
Cast

Bonita Granville
Nancy Drew

Frankie Thomas
Ted Nickerson

John Litel
Carson Drew

Aldrich Bowker
Matt Brandon

Charlotte Wynters
Edna Gregory

Edgar Edwards
'Chuck' Marley

Renie Riano
Effie Schneider

Roger Imhof
Sheriff Barney Riggs

Erville Alderson
Clint Griffith

Willie Best
Apollo Johnson

John Harron
Greenhouse Clerk
Cliff Saum
First Deputy Sheriff

Tom Wilson
Milt, Second Deputy Sheriff

Nat Carr
Man in Sheriff's Office

Glen Cavender
First Townsman
Loia Cheaney
Lady with Third Townsman

Creighton Hale
Man in Sheriff's Office

Stuart Holmes
Stationmaster
Al Lloyd
Al, Second Townsman

John J. Richardson
Extra Watching Fire

Leo White
Man in Sheriff's Office
Jack Wise
Extra Watching Fire
Crew

William Clemens
Director
Kenneth Gamet
Screenplay

Mildred Wirt Benson
Story

Edward Stratemeyer
Novel
Doug Gould
Editor
L. William O'Connell
Director of Photography
Arthur Lueker
Assistant Director

Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer

Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Bryan Foy
Producer
Milo Anderson
Costume Design
Charles Lang
Sound

Heinz Roemheld
Original Music Composer
Lee Hugunin
Unit Manager
Ted Smith
Art Direction
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