A wealthy elderly woman donates her fortune to Nancy's highschool (to build a swimming pool) and then promptly disappears. "Nancy Drew-Detective," the first of its quartet, is an unalloyed delight. Unfortunately, only four entries were made in each series, and each and every one are to be cherished. In my opinion, the two best series of movie murder-mysteries adapted from books featuring an amateur female sleuth were the 'Miss Marple' treats of the early 1960s (with the unforgettable Margaret Rutherford) and the Nancy Drew comedy-thrillers of the late 1930s (with vivacious, lovely Bonita Granville as the constantly imperilled teenaged heroine).
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