BlazeLime Strong and Moving!

Lightdeossk Captivating movie !

Leoni Haney Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

MartinHafer Nancy Drew is back and Warner Brothers did a fine job with the character. However, sadly, the film also features Willie Best as Apollo...a rather politically incorrect character to say the least. He's lazy, steals chickens and is a black man who would clearly make many folks uncomfortable today. But if you can look past this, it's a solid B-movie worth watching.The story begins with the dumb police arresting a man for murder. There are only two problems...there's no body nor is there any real proof the man was killed! Not surprisingly, it turns out the accused is a friend of the Drews and they soon arrive to get him out of jail AND find out what happened to the man and why. Naturally, Mr. Drew is unable to restrain his curious daughter and she and her friend Ted figure out what really happened.The conclusion to the story is a bit silly. After all, instead of murdering Nancy and Ted, the baddies come up with a way that is complicated AND offers them a chance to escape! But despite this and Best, the film is watchable and reasonably well made.

wes-connors Sixteen-year-old amateur detective Bonita Granville (as Nancy Drew) is suspicious when widower father John Litel (as Carson Drew) announces they are going on a fishing and hunting vacation in the country. A successful lawyer, Mr. Litel has "never been an outdoorsman." He's really there to represent a friendly uncle charged with murder, which Ms. Granville quickly surmises. With help from wavy-haired boyfriend Frankie Thomas (as Ted Nickerson), also on vacation with his family, Granville sets out to solve the crime. They are assisted by superstitious chicken-thief Willie Best (as Apollo Johnson). Not very funny, Mr. Best's intellectually challenged character is the film's missing lynchpin. In one scene, Best is outfitted in bedclothes resembling a Ku Klux Klan uniform...Cute and perky, Granville is best playing off attractive Charlotte Wynters (as Edna Gregory), who arouses interest from both her father and young Thomas. Granville's dinner scene is a delight. Thomas is an excellent foil, with great timing and some physical comedy. After decades of success on stage, this was the first film for "Uncle" Aldrich Bowker (as Matt Brandon). Younger John Harron, brother of acclaimed "silent" actor Robert Harron, appears as the "Crossman" shop clerk. Now appearing mostly as an uncredited extra, Mr. Harron's second scene gives him some relatively good screen time. John Harron died, unexpectedly, later in 1939. This entry in Warner Bros' short but sweet "Nancy Drew" series plays more like a situation comedy than a crime mystery, but it works.****** Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (6/17/39) William Clemens ~ Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel, Willie Best

AaronCapenBanner William Clemens once again returns to direct this third case of Nancy Drew(played by Bonita Granville) with her father Carson Drew(played by John Litel) and her boyfriend Ted Nickerson(played by Frankie Thomas). This time, a family friend living in the country is wrongfully accused of murdering a neighbor, so Carson and Nancy go there to help, though this time Carson finds a love interest, much to the chagrin of Nancy. It seems another neighbor and his pilot henchman had reason to dispose of the victim, so they gather evidence to prove it. Despite an effective runaway plane sequence with Nancy and Ted, mystery is once again flimsy and thin, though Bonita still shines as Nancy.

robert_deveau Though I've enjoyed the four Warner Bros. Nancy Drew films for their fast pace, snappy dialog and light touch, Bonita Granville doesn't bear much resemblance to the hyper-perfect Nancy of the long-running series of novels. The main drawback to the literary Nancy is that she's too perfect, even winning a golf tournament against a superior, more experienced player in THE HAUNTED BRIDGE. In TROUBLESHOOTER, (which bears the least resemblance to the books of any of the four films), Nancy's perfection is taken down a few notches: she can't drive (rear-ending several parked cars, constantly taking her hands off the wheel in her excitement), she can't cook (making a veritable Lucy of the kitchen), she allows the bad guys to destroy evidence -- why, she's as scared of ghosts as Willie Best and she can't even fly an airplane! NANCY DREW, TROUBLESHOOTER, with its general lack of mystery and constant slapstick, is essentially a parody of Nancy Drew. Fun, and satisfying in a slightly sadistic way, but nothing like the books.