Film·1947·44m

The Hat Box Mystery

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.

Directed by Lambert Hillyer

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Cast

12 credited

Tom Neal
Tom NealRuss Ashton
Pamela Blake
Pamela BlakeSusan Hart
Allen Jenkins
Allen Jenkins'Harvard'
Virginia Sale
Virginia SaleVeronica Hoopler
Leonard Penn
Leonard PennStevens, aka John Moreland
Olga Andre
Olga AndreMarie Moreland
Tom Kennedy
Tom KennedyPoliceman Murphy
Al Hill
Al HillFlint
Edward Keane
Edward KeaneDistrict Attorney
Zon Murray
Zon MurrayJoe
A. Robert Nunes
A. Robert NunesWitness (As Bob Nunes)
Jack Cheatham
Jack CheathamPoliceman

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