The Hat Box Mystery

The Hat Box Mystery (1947)

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.

Date of release
1947-06-12
TMDB
4.5 / 10 (6)
Runtime
44m
Genres
Crime, Comedy, Mystery
Director
Lambert Hillyer

Casting

Interesting facts

The Hat Box Mystery is a 1947 mystery short film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Tom Neal, Pamela Blake and Allen Jenkins. It was produced as a featurette for release by Robert L. Lippert's Screen Guild Productions. It was shot at the General Service Studios in Hollywood. The film's sets were designed by the art director William Glasgow. A sequel The Case of the Babysitter, was released the following month.

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