The Hat Box Mystery
1947 · Lambert Hillyer · 44 min
Like-a-Jack-in-the-Box----Murder jumped out and claimed its Victim!
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.
Tom NealRuss Ashton
Pamela BlakeSusan Hart
Allen Jenkins'Harvard'
Virginia SaleVeronica Hoopler
Leonard PennStevens, aka John MorelandOlga AndreMarie Moreland
Tom KennedyPoliceman Murphy
Al HillFlint
Edward KeaneDistrict Attorney
Zon MurrayJoeA. Robert NunesWitness (As Bob Nunes)
Jack CheathamPoliceman
Steve ClarkTelephone Re-Connect Man (uncredited)William RuhlBlackmailer (uncredited)
