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The Hat Box Mystery

1947
Directed byLambert Hillyer
0h 44m

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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Tom NealRuss AshtonPamela BlakeSusan HartAllen Jenkins
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'Harvard'
Virginia SaleVeronica Hoopler
Leonard PennStevens, aka John Moreland
Olga AndreMarie Moreland
Tom KennedyPoliceman Murphy
Al HillFlint
Edward KeaneDistrict Attorney
Zon MurrayJoe
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GENRES
CrimeComedyMystery
STATUSReleased
RATING
3.6

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