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| Genre | Comedy Mystery Teen |
| Written by | Alana Burgi Sanko |
| Directed by | Maggie Greenwald |
| Starring | Lindsay Lohan Brenda Song Bug Hall Ian Gomez |
| Theme music composer | David Mansfield |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | Josette Perrotta |
| Running time | 83 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Flagstaff Pictures |
| Distributor | Buena Vista Television |
| Budget | $1 million |
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| Original release | June 28, 2002 |
Get a Clue is a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Lindsay Lohan as Lexy Gold, a teenage high school student who investigates a mystery after one of her teachers goes missing. The film premiered on the Disney Channel on June 28, 2002. It was directed by Maggie Greenwald and was written by Alana Sanko.
Plot
Lexy Gold (Lindsay Lohan) lives amongst the wealthy and elite of Manhattan, New York. Clad in Prada, she prides herself on her ability to get the scoop and serve it up in her school newspaper's advice column. She competes for status on the newspaper with middle-class Jack Downey (Bug Hall), the editor. When an article and photograph Lexy has taken of her teacher, Mr. Orlando Walker (Ian Gomez), is published in the city's daily paper, he goes missing and his car is found in the East River. With help from Lexy's best friend Jen (Brenda Song) and one of her schoolmates Gabe (Ali Mukaddam), Lexy and Jack set out to solve the mystery behind the disappearance.
Their teacher, Miss Gertrude Dawson (Amanda Plummer), becomes involved as she and Mr. Walker were romantically involved. Jack receives a message from Mr. Walker about a scholarship. Lexy and Jack search his old apartment, where they run into Detective Charles Meany (Charles Shaughnessy), who is searching for Mr. Walker. Jen and Gabe watch Miss Dawson at Gabe's house with a video camera to keep an eye on her. Lexy and Jack later meet Mr. Walker's mother, Mrs. Petrossian (Sylvia Lennick), at her house. They discover that Mr. Walker changed his identity after being accused of stealing $10,000,000. Mr. Walker later receives a letter from the real person who stole the money, framing Mr. Walker.
The group and Mr. Walker meet at a hotel to pretend to receive the money. Miss Dawson shows up at the hotel and is taken hostage by the real thief. Lexy and Jack search the halls for the man, who is revealed to be Detective Meany, whose real name is Falco Grandville, Mr. Walker's boss when he worked at a bank in Arizona, and the man who had framed Mr. Walker for the money theft. The team catches up with him and he is later arrested. It is later revealed that Mr. Walker's mother found a brooch at Falco's office by chance and decided to keep it; Falcon has purchased the expensive canary diamond brooch to hide the stolen $10 million, and blamed Walker for its loss. After Mr. Walker is pronounced a free man at last, he later asks Miss Dawson to marry him. At the end, it shows the wedding with Jack, Lexy, Jen, and Gabe. Jack and Lexy share a moment between themselves before the four teens walk down the street talking about going bowling.
Cast
- Lindsay Lohan – Alexandra "Lexy" Gold, a teenage amateur journalist
- Brenda Song - Jennifer "Jen," Lexy's fashion-conscious best friend
- Bug Hall – Jack Downey, editor of the school newspaper.
- Ian Gomez – Nicholas Petrossian aka Mr. Orlando Walker, one of Lexy's teachers
- Ali Mukaddam – Gabe, an amateur photographer
- Dan Lett – Frank Gold, Lexy's father, a journalist with the New York Times
- Amanda Plummer – Miss Gertrude Dawson, a teacher who is in love with Mr. Walker
- Charles Shaughnessy – Detective Charles Meany aka Falco Grandville, the main antagonist of the film
- Kim Roberts – Mrs. Stern
- Eric Fink – Mr. Goldblum
- Jennifer Pisana – Taylor Gold, Lexy's tech-savvy little sister
- Sylvia Lennick – Mrs. Petrossian
- Cheryl MacInnis – Mrs. Somerville
- Timm Zemanek – Mr. Greenblatt
- Gerry Quigley – Detective Potter
- Craig Lamar Traylor (unconfirmed)
- Keenan MacWilliam – Karen
See also
In Spanish: Get a Clue para niños
