
Film
The Hat Box Mystery
1947 · 44m · Crime · Comedy · Mystery
Like-a-Jack-in-the-Box----Murder jumped out and claimed its Victim!
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Overview
Susan Hart, assistant to private detective Russ Ashton, is given a camera concealed in a hat box and assigned to take a picture of a woman. A gun is accidentally hidden in the box and the woman is killed. Susan is charged with murder, but Russ and his less-than-useful associate, Harvard, get on the case.
Cast

Tom Neal
Russ Ashton

Pamela Blake
Susan Hart

Allen Jenkins
'Harvard'

Virginia Sale
Veronica Hoopler

Leonard Penn
Stevens, aka John Moreland
Olga Andre
Marie Moreland

Tom Kennedy
Policeman Murphy

Al Hill
Flint

Edward Keane
District Attorney

Zon Murray
Joe
A. Robert Nunes
Witness (As Bob Nunes)

Jack Cheatham
Policeman

Steve Clark
Telephone Re-Connect Man (uncredited)
William Ruhl
Blackmailer (uncredited)
Crew
- Lambert HillyerDirector
- Carl K. HittlemanScreenplay · Story
- Don MartinWriter
- Maury NunesStory
- Arthur A. BrooksEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- June 12, 1947
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 44m
- Genres
- Crime, Comedy, Mystery
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