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The Hat Box Mystery (1947)

June 12, 1947 (US) Crime, Comedy, Mystery • 44m

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.

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Tom Neal
Tom Neal

Russ Ashton

Pamela Blake
Pamela Blake

Susan Hart

Virginia Sale
Virginia Sale

Veronica Hoopler

Leonard Penn
Leonard Penn

Stevens, aka John Moreland

Olga Andre
Olga Andre

Marie Moreland

Tom Kennedy
Tom Kennedy

Policeman Murphy

Edward Keane
Edward Keane

District Attorney

A. Robert Nunes
A. Robert Nunes

Witness (As Bob Nunes)

Steve Clark
Steve Clark

Telephone Re-Connect Man (uncredited)

William Ruhl
William Ruhl

Blackmailer (uncredited)

Crew


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CinemaSerf

⭐ 5/10

July 7, 2022

Pamela Blake is "Susan", the assistant to PI Tom Neal ("Russ") whose business has rather hit the skids. Whilst he is away, she takes on a case trying to prove infidelity and using a hat box that, ostensibly, conceals a harmless camera she follows her target. Unfortunately, her snaps have a fatal consequence and she is charged with murder. It falls to "Russ" and his hapless helper "Harvard" (Allen Jenkins) to get to the bottom of it before "Susan"… read the rest.

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

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