The Hat Box Mystery

Name: The Hat Box Mystery
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Genre: Crime, Comedy, Mystery
Released: 1947-06-12
Duration: 44 min
Cast: Tom Neal, Pamela Blake, Allen Jenkins, Virginia Sale, Leonard Penn

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1947 · 44 min · Crime · Comedy · Mystery · TMDB 4.5/10

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.

Directed by Lambert Hillyer

Cast

Tom Neal — Russ Ashton
Pamela Blake — Susan Hart
Allen Jenkins — 'Harvard'
Virginia Sale — Veronica Hoopler
Leonard Penn — Stevens, aka John Moreland