Dec 03, 1936
60 min
Full-HD

Four Days Wonder (1936)

Jeanne Dante stars as precocious 13-year-old Judy Widdell, a devoted fan of dime-novel detective stories. When a real murder occurs in the vicinity, Judy insists upon playing sleuth, dragging teenaged astronomer Tom Fenton (Kenneth Howell) into her Sherlock shenanigans.

Category

Mystery

Country

United States of America

Companies

Universal Pictures

Jeanne Dante

Judy Widdell

Kenneth Howell

Tom Fenton

Martha Sleeper

Nancy Fairbrother

Alan Mowbray

Archibald Fenton

Walter Catlett

Duffy

Charles Williams

Kasky

Margaret Irving

Aunt Jessica

Murray Kinnell

Morris

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