The Hat Box Mystery (1947)
Like-a-Jack-in-the-Box----Murder jumped out and claimed its Victim!
1947 · 0h 44m · Crime, Comedy, Mystery
Genres: Crime, Comedy, Mystery
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.
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Writers: Don Martin, Carl K. Hittleman, Maury Nunes
Cinematography: James S. Brown Jr.
Editor: Arthur A. Brooks
Cast
Tom Neal as Russ AshtonPamela Blake as Susan HartAllen Jenkins as 'Harvard'Virginia Sale as Veronica HooplerLeonard Penn as Stevens, aka John MorelandOlga Andre as Marie MorelandTom Kennedy as Policeman MurphyAl Hill as FlintEdward Keane as District AttorneyZon Murray as JoeA. Robert Nunes as Witness (As Bob Nunes)Jack Cheatham as PolicemanMore like this
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