Comedy, Crime, Mystery
While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's daughter Nancy intercepts a real story assignment. She "covers" the inquest of the death of a woman who was poisoned. Nancy doesn't think the young woman accused of the crime is guilty and corrals her neighbor Ted into searching for a vital piece of evidence and stumbles onto the identity of the real killer.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Anna Lee: Headcase
Foreign Correspondent
Dot.Kill
The Merry Gentleman
The Maltese Falcon
Cruising
The Murder Man
The Gore Gore Girls
Bad Girls from Mars
Touched by a Killer
Case 39
Mr. Wong, Detective
Miss Minoes
The Phantom Speaks
Christmas Holiday
They Made Me a Criminal
Carl Gustav, the Gang and the Parking Bandits
Exposé
Tell-Tale
The Banker
SIMILAR MOVIES
Anna Lee: Headcase
IMDB 5.2 | Jan , 1993
A bright, pretty and determined young lady named Anna Lee quits the police department in search of adventure, and joins a small and somewhat stuffy detective agency, whose members don't look particularly kindly on her short skirts, somewhat cavalier attitude toward agency rules--like showing up for work on time--and her overall demeanor. However, the agency's owner takes a shine to her and assigns her to what seems to be a relatively straightforward case: finding a young girl who's gone missing and whose family is worried about her. As it turns out, the case involves quite a bit more than just a missing girl.Foreign Correspondent
IMDB 7 | Aug , 1940
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.Dot.Kill
IMDB 4.2 | Mar , 2005
Charlie Daines is a morphine-addicted detective on the trail of a psychopath who is setting up murders and broadcasting them live on the internet. As he closes in on the killer, Charlie realises that he is to be the final victim.The Merry Gentleman
IMDB 6.2 | Apr , 2008
A woman who leaves an abusive relationship to begin a new life in a new city, where she forms an unlikely and ironic relationship with a suicidal hit man (unbeknownst to her). Enter a worn, alcoholic detective to form the third party in a very unusual triangle as this story begins to unfold.The Maltese Falcon
IMDB 6.3 | May , 1931
A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.Cruising
IMDB 6.6 | Feb , 1980
When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, young rookie Steve Burns infiltrates the S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.The Murder Man
IMDB 6.9 | Jul , 1935
Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his shady business partner, Grey is one step ahead of the police to the extent that he often dictates his story in advance of its actual occurrence. He leads the police through an 'open and shut' case resulting in Mander being tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Columnist Mary Shannon is in love with Steve but she sees him struggle greatly with his last story before Mander's execution. When she starts typing out the story from his recorded dictation, she realizes why.The Gore Gore Girls
IMDB 5.4 | Dec , 1972
A young reporter enlists a top notch private eye to solve the murder of a female stripper at a Chicago nightclub.Bad Girls from Mars
IMDB 3.6 | Dec , 1990
Someone is killing off the female leads of the movie production "Bad Girls from Mars." The producers feel they should try to finish the film, even though they're making a lucrative amount from insurance payoffs, so they fly in European sex bomb Emanuelle as the new lead. Emanuelle immediately begins embarrassing the producers by leading a wild party life around town. Meanwhile the killings continue, and detectives try to stop the fiend responsible.Touched by a Killer
IMDB 4.9 | Jan , 2001
Crime - When reporter Nicki Barrington investigates a man on death row for the murder of a young woman, she discovers the evidence was circumstantial and has his conviction overturned. After she falls in love with him, she is nagged by doubts of his innocence. - Isabella Hofmann, James Wilder, Erin GrayCase 39
IMDB 6.3 | Aug , 2009
In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily assumes custody of Lilith while she looks for a foster family. However, Emily soon finds that dark forces surround the seemingly innocent girl, and the more she tries to protect Lilith, the more horrors she encounters.Mr. Wong, Detective
IMDB 5.5 | Oct , 1938
A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent murders.Miss Minoes
IMDB 6.7 | Dec , 2001
A cat who turns into a young woman helps a journalist protect their town from a factory boss with an evil plan.The Phantom Speaks
IMDB 5.4 | Apr , 1945
The spirit of an executed murderer enters the body of a physician, and forces him to do its bidding--namely, murder.Christmas Holiday
IMDB 6.4 | Jul , 1944
A young femme fatale realizes that the man she married is an incorrigible wastrel.They Made Me a Criminal
IMDB 6.1 | Jan , 1939
A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.Carl Gustav, the Gang and the Parking Bandits
IMDB 3.8 | Aug , 1982
Carl Gustav is 12 years old and particularly interested in comics and detective work. Gjengen is his friends, two boys and two girls of the same age and 'Rævedilter'n' Georg who is seven.Exposé
IMDB 3.2 | Feb , 1998
Jason Davis is a reporter who gets an anonymous tip that turns him into an eyewitness to a judge's murder.Tell-Tale
IMDB 5.4 | Apr , 2009
A man's recently transplanted heart leads him on a frantic search to find the donor's killer before a similar fate befalls him.The Banker
IMDB 4.1 | Dec , 1989
High-priced prostitutes are being systematically murdered, their corpses mutilated, and a bizarre South American symbol painted in blood is found at the scene. The cop investigating is out to solve the crime before his ex wife, a reporter, becomes the next victim.