Nancy Drew, contest-reporter for the local newspaper, clears a young woman of murder charges.
Bonita Granville - Nancy Drew
John Litel - Carson Drew
Frankie Thomas - Ted Nickerson (as Frank Thomas Jr.)
Dickie Jones - Killer Parkins
Mary Lee - Mary
Larry Williams - Miles Lambert
Betty Amann - Eula Denning
Thomas E. Jackson - Bostwick - City Editor (as Thomas Jackson)
Olin Howland - Police Sgt. Entwhistle
Sheila Bromley - Bonnie Lucas
Hooper Atchley - Chemist
Irving Bacon - Tracy
Sam Bagley - Trainer
Al Bain - Gym Spectator
Frankie Burke - Bellboy
Nat Carr - Dr. Carey
Glen Cavender - Newspaper Office Worker/Bedbug Hotel Passerby
Loia Cheaney - Newspaper Office Worker
Steve Clark - Pedestrian
Jimmy Conlin - Newspaper Morgue-Keeper
Clyde Courtright - Doorman
John Dilson - Deputy Coroner
Edgar Edwards - Drunk
Jimmie Fox - Gym Trainer
Paul Fung - Waiter
Willie Fung - Chinese Restaurant Proprietor
Chester Gan - Waiter
Jack A. Goodrich - Photographer in Courtroom
Dick Gordon - Courtroom Spectator
Sol Gorss - Citizen Driver
William Gould - Judge
Eddie Graham - Passerby During Chase
Kit Guard - Man at Gym Counter
George Guhl - Police Officer
Robert Haines - Courtroom Spectator
Florence Halop - Phyllis Gimble
Charles Halton - Whitney
Al Herman - Gym Spectator
Harry Hollingsworth - Policeman
Jack Kenney - Gym Spectator with Cigar
Johnny Kern - Gym Spectator
Paul King - Waiter
Joan Leslie - Mayme
Al Lloyd - Pedestrian Outside Hotel
George Lloyd - Maxie
Charles Marsh - Engineer
Frank Mayo - Man Leaving Courthouse
Pat McKee - Admission Collector at Gym
Jack Mower - Deputy Coroner
Leonard Mudie - Deputy District Attorney
George Offerman Jr. - Boy
Frank Orth - Capt. Tweedy
Paul Panzer - Newspaper Office Worker
Bob Perry - Man at Gym Gate
Jack Perry - Soxie Anthens
Jessie Perry - Prison Matron
Renie Riano - Effie Schneider
John J. Richardson - Joe - Taxi Driver
John Ridgely - Hotel Clerk
Betty Roadman - Prison Matron
Cliff Saum - Policeman
Charles Smith - Charles
Charles Sullivan - Gym Spectator
Elliott Sullivan - Pedestrian
Lois Verner - Theresa
Jack Wagner - Jack
Pat West - Jake
Leo White - Newspaper Office Worker
Jack Wise - Newspaper Office Worker
Walter Young - Dr. Hibbard
Director - William Clemens
