The Hat Box Mystery

The Hat Box Mystery

1947 "Like-a-Jack-in-the-Box----Murder jumped out and claimed its Victim!"
The Hat Box Mystery
The Hat Box Mystery

The Hat Box Mystery

5 | en | Comedy

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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5 | en | Comedy , Crime , Mystery
Synopsis

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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Cast

Tom Neal , Pamela Blake , Allen Jenkins

Director

Lambert Hillyer

Producted By

Screen Art Pictures Corp. , Robert L. Lippert Productions