When I was a child, we males had "The Hardy Boys" and the girls had "Nancy Drew." At least it seemed that way. I had a fourth grade teacher who would read to us if we came in during lunch. Amazing how many kids showed up. One day she began a Nancy Drew novel. I couldn't tell my male friends, but I read several of them after that, in addition to the more typical male stuff (loved baseball novels). So I was just a bit disappointed when I watched this movie because my picture of Nancy was different. Nevertheless, the irrepressible Bonita Granville does a pretty decent job of making Nancy a role model for the girls of the time. This was escapist, but it has a good plot, a formidable villain, and some interesting twists and turns.