The Hat Box Mystery
Like-a-Jack-in-the-Box----Murder jumped out and claimed its Victim!
1947-06-12 | 44 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Tom NealRuss Ashton
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Pamela BlakeSusan Hart
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Allen Jenkins'Harvard'
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Virginia SaleVeronica Hoopler
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Leonard PennStevens, aka John Moreland
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Tom KennedyPoliceman Murphy
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Al HillFlint
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Edward KeaneDistrict Attorney
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Zon MurrayJoe
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Jack CheathamPoliceman
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Steve ClarkTelephone Re-Connect Man (uncredited)
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