The Hat Box Mystery

The Hat Box Mystery (1947)

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

Crime Comedy Mystery

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 and prove that the fatal shot was fired by the killer from across the street.

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  • Release Date: 1947-06-12
  • Runtime: 0h 44min
  • Director: Lambert Hillyer

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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)

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