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45% Critic Match
The Hat Box Mystery
“Like-a-Jack-in-the-Box----Murder jumped out and claimed its Victim!”
4.5 / 10• 1947• 44m•NR• English
CrimeComedyMystery
Storyline
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 & Crew
Tom Neal
Russ Ashton
Lead
Pamela Blake
Susan Hart
Allen Jenkins
'Harvard'
Virginia Sale
Veronica Hoopler
Leonard Penn
Stevens, aka John Moreland
OA
Olga Andre
Marie Moreland
Tom Kennedy
Policeman Murphy
Al Hill
Flint
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lambert Hillyer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Hat Box Mystery is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
