Nate the Great goes undercover

Duration: 0:10:00

Genre: Adaptation | Children's | Mystery

Year Published: 1978

Creator: Churchill Films: Distributor | Lane Education Service District: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Uses animation to tell the story by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat about Nate the Great, a 10-year-old neighborhood detective. Details the mystery concerning a garbage can which is toppled over and raided each evening. Shows the young detective's determination to stick with his job, even going "undercover" in the garbage can to discover the mischief maker. Concludes with the surprising discovery that Nate's own dog is the hungry scoundrel., Based on the story by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, about a 10-year-old who tries to solve the mystery of who is knocking over Oliver's garbage every night.

Complete Record: , Uses animation to tell the story by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat about Nate the Great, a 10-year-old neighborhood detective. Details the mystery concerning a garbage can which is toppled over and raided each evening. Shows the young detective's determination to stick with his job, even going "undercover" in the garbage can to discover the mischief maker. Concludes with the surprising discovery that Nate's own dog is the hungry scoundrel., Ten-year-old Nate takes on a detective job with his dog, Sludge. After a dark and odorous stake-out in the garbage can, he catches the crook., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.


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