The Hat Box Mystery

The Hat Box Mystery (1947)

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

  • Genre: Crime, Comedy, Mystery
  • Release Date: 1947-06-12
  • User Rating: 4.2/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 44min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Robert L. Lippert Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Lambert Hillyer
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Summary

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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  • Tom Neal

    as Russ Ashton

  • Pamela Blake

    as Susan Hart

  • Allen Jenkins

    as 'Harvard'

  • Virginia Sale

    as Veronica Hoopler

  • Leonard Penn

    as Stevens, aka John Moreland

  • Olga Andre

    as Marie Moreland

  • Tom Kennedy

    as Policeman Murphy

  • Al Hill

    as Flint

  • Edward Keane

    as District Attorney

  • Zon Murray

    as Joe

  • A. Robert Nunes

    as Witness (As Bob Nunes)

  • Jack Cheatham

    as Policeman

  • Steve Clark

    as Telephone Re-Connect Man (uncredited)

  • William Ruhl

    as Blackmailer (uncredited)
Directing Lambert Hillyer Director
Writing Carl K. Hittleman Screenplay
Writing Carl K. Hittleman Story
Writing Don Martin Writer
Writing Maury Nunes Story
Editing Arthur A. Brooks Editor
Crew James S. Brown Jr. Cinematography
Art William Glasgow Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Robert Cowan Makeup & Hair

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