The greatest movie ever!

One of the worst movies I've ever seen

One of the best films i have seen

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

"Nancy Drew - Troubleshooter" is a delightful piece of fluff, marred only by an embarrassing racial stereotype (Apollo, the black hired help who is a near-retard), though I supposed it can be overlooked given the trends of the time (1939). Bonita Granville is an utter joy to watch, and Frankie Thomas, as Nancy Drew's on-and-off boyfriend, has great comic timing. Leonard Maltin correctly reports that the emphasis here is more on comedy than on mystery: there are some very funny scenes (Nancy "interrogating" Effie, Nancy's cooking attempt, etc.), while the mystery plot is thin (the killers are even revealed to the audience in the middle of the picture) but functional. There is even a pretty spectacular climax, starting with an out-of-control bull and going to an out-of-control plane. I enjoyed both of the Bonita Granville-Nancy Drew films I've seen so far (this one and "Reporter"), and wonder why no more than the existing four were made. **1/2 out of 4.

Nancy Drew--Trouble Shooter (1939) *** (out of 4) Third film in Warner's teenage detective series has Bonita Granville returning as Nancy Drew. This time out she's trying to save her uncle farmer whose been accused of killing a man. This is probably my favorite of the first three films because it takes on a lot more than just the actual mystery behind the killing. There's an entire subplot where Nancy gets jealous that her father is dating a woman and you'd expect something like this to come off silly but it actually works pretty well. There are plenty of laughs as well especially one sequence where Nancy tries to cook dinner. The mystery in the film doesn't actually get too much attention but it leads to a nice, if unbelievable, ending.

Sadly this is the weakest of the four Nancy Drew films that Bonita Granville made for Warner Brothers in the late Thirties. It's also the one where unfortunately Willie Best gets to be horribly racially stereotyped. Can't avoid it either, because his character is essential to the plot.An old family friend, Aldrich Bowker, is being held for murder in a rural community and he retains John Litel as Carson Drew as his lawyer. Naturally this includes a package deal, an amateur sleuth in the form of Nancy Drew who of course puts the local police to shame.Frankie Thomas is once again along for the ride. Bonita Granville gets him to do more dumb things than Bing Crosby got Bob Hope to do in those road pictures. This time though he steps up to the plate and takes some fast lessons in how to fly a plane. He comes in for quite a landing in the end.If it only could have been done without Willie Best's shuffling act.

Bonita Granville is an almost perfect Nancy Drew--cute and spunky. This is generally a good story, fast paced and quite humorous in spots. The only negative is the racist depiction of Apollo Johnson. By the way, the title card reads "Nancy Drew... Troubleshooter"