The Hat Box Mystery
movie
Like-a-Jack-in-the-Box----Murder jumped out and claimed its Victim!
Released June 12, 1947
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.
Cast
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
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Olga Andre
as
Marie Moreland
Tom Kennedy
as
Policeman Murphy
Al Hill
as
Flint
Edward Keane
as
District Attorney
Zon Murray
as
Joe
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A. Robert Nunes
as
Witness (As Bob Nunes)
Jack Cheatham
as
Policeman
