The Hat Box Mystery (1947)

  • NR
  • 06/12/1947 (US)
  • Crime, Comedy, Mystery
  • 44m

Like-a-Jack-in-the-Box----Murder jumped out and claimed its Victim!

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.

Don Martin

Writer

Carl K. Hittleman

Screenplay, Story

Lambert Hillyer

Director

Maury Nunes

Story

Cast

Tom Neal's headshot

Tom Neal

Russ Ashton
Pamela Blake's headshot

Pamela Blake

Susan Hart
Allen Jenkins's headshot

Allen Jenkins

'Harvard'
Virginia Sale's headshot

Virginia Sale

Veronica Hoopler
Leonard Penn's headshot

Leonard Penn

Stevens, aka John Moreland
Olga Andre's headshot

Olga Andre

Marie Moreland
Tom Kennedy's headshot

Tom Kennedy

Policeman Murphy
Al Hill's headshot

Al Hill

Flint

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