The Hat Box Mystery

Lambert Hillyer
1947-06-12

Like-a-Jack-in-the-Box----Murder jumped out and claimed its Victim!
4.2
44 min

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 and prove that the fatal shot was fired by the killer from across the street.

Cast

Name Character Team
Tom Neal Russ Ashton Unowned
Pamela Blake Susan Hart Unowned
Allen Jenkins 'Harvard' Unowned
Virginia Sale Veronica Hoopler Unowned
Leonard Penn Stevens, aka John Moreland Unowned
Olga Andre Marie Moreland Unowned
Tom Kennedy Policeman Murphy Unowned
Al Hill Flint Unowned
Edward Keane District Attorney Unowned
Zon Murray Joe Unowned
A. Robert Nunes Witness (As Bob Nunes) Unowned
Jack Cheatham Policeman Unowned
Steve Clark Telephone Re-Connect Man (uncredited) Unowned
William Ruhl Blackmailer (uncredited) Unowned