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The Hat Box Mystery (1947)

The Hat Box Mystery (1947)

Crime Comedy Mystery

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

Release Date: 1947, June 12
Directors: Lambert Hillyer
Countries: United States of America
Production: Robert L. Lippert Productions, Screen Art Pictures Corp., Screen Art Pictures Corp.
Cast: Al Hill, Edward Keane, Jack Cheatham, Leonard Penn, Tom Kennedy, Pamela Blake, Allen Jenkins, Tom Neal, William Ruhl, Steve Clark, Virginia Sale, Zon Murray

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.

Keywords:

private detective