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The Hat Box Mystery

The Hat Box Mystery

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

4.5/10 1947 44m Released
CrimeComedyMystery

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.

Director: Lambert Hillyer
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Top 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 More
 Olga Andre
Olga Andre
Marie Moreland
 Tom Kennedy
Tom Kennedy
Policeman Murphy
 Al Hill
Al Hill
Flint
 Edward Keane
Edward Keane
District Attorney
 Zon Murray
Zon Murray
Joe
 A. Robert Nunes
A. Robert Nunes
Witness (As Bob Nunes)
 Jack Cheatham
Jack Cheatham
Policeman

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