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The Hat Box Mystery

4.5Jun 12, 19470h 44mCrimeComedyMystery

Directed by Lambert Hillyer

Written by Carl K. Hittleman, Carl K. Hittleman, Don Martin, Maury Nunes

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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Cast

Tom Neal

Tom Neal

Russ Ashton

Pamela Blake

Pamela Blake

Susan Hart

Allen Jenkins

Allen Jenkins

'Harvard'

Virginia Sale

Virginia Sale

Veronica Hoopler

Leonard Penn

Leonard Penn

Stevens, aka John Moreland

?

Olga Andre

Marie Moreland

Tom Kennedy

Tom Kennedy

Policeman Murphy

Al Hill

Al Hill

Flint

Edward Keane

Edward Keane

District Attorney

Zon Murray

Zon Murray

Joe

?

A. Robert Nunes

Witness (As Bob Nunes)

Jack Cheatham

Jack Cheatham

Policeman

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