The Hat Box Mystery (1947)
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.
Cast
Tom Neal
Russ Ashton
Pamela Blake
Susan Hart
Allen Jenkins
'Harvard'
Virginia Sale
Veronica Hoopler
Leonard Penn
Stevens, aka John Moreland
Tom Kennedy
Policeman Murphy
Al Hill
Flint
Edward Keane
District Attorney
Zon Murray
Joe
Jack Cheatham
Policeman
Steve Clark
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