The Hat Box Mystery(1947)

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

42

44m

  • Crime,
  • Comedy,
  • Mystery

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

    Tom Neal

    Russ Ashton

  • Pamela Blake

    Pamela Blake

    Susan Hart

  • Allen Jenkins

    Allen Jenkins

    'Harvard'

  • Virginia Sale

    Virginia Sale

    Veronica Hoopler

  • Leonard Penn

    Leonard Penn

    Stevens, aka John Moreland

  • Tom Kennedy

    Tom Kennedy

    Policeman Murphy

  • Al Hill

    Al Hill

    Flint

  • Edward Keane

    Edward Keane

    District Attorney

  • Zon Murray

    Zon Murray

    Joe

  • Jack Cheatham

    Jack Cheatham

    Policeman

  • Steve Clark

    Steve Clark

    Telephone Re-Connect Man (uncredited)

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    Status

    Released (Jun 12, 1947)

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