Appearance

  • light/dark mode
powered by
moviedb

The Hat Box Mystery

"Like-a-Jack-in-the-Box----Murder jumped out and claimed its Victim!"

1947-06-12 Crime 44mins

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 and prove that the fatal shot was fired by the killer from across the street.

More
The Hat Box Mystery

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 and prove that the fatal shot was fired by the killer from across the street.

  • Released
    1947-06-12
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    44mins
  • Genre
    Crime, Comedy, Mystery
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    0
  • Production
    Robert L. Lippert Productions, Screen Art Pictures Corp.

Crew

Lambert Hillyer
Director
Don Martin
Writer

Stream and watch The Hat Box Mystery

similar movies

Strange Days

Strange Days

Murder, My Sweet

Murder, My Sweet

Armed and Dangerous

Armed and Dangerous

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Herbie Goes Bananas

Herbie Goes Bananas

Greedy

Greedy

Who's Harry Crumb?

Who's Harry Crumb?

Appointment with Death

Appointment with Death

Two for the Money

Two for the Money

Shattered

Shattered

Could This Be Love?

Could This Be Love?

Devil in a Blue Dress

Devil in a Blue Dress

The Thin Man

The Thin Man

Mars Express

Mars Express

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Alphaville

Alphaville

El recomendado

El recomendado

Zwei Bayern im Harem

Zwei Bayern im Harem

Fellowship of the Frog

Fellowship of the Frog

Murder Is My Business

Murder Is My Business

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

Olga Andre

Marie Moreland
Tom Kennedy

Tom Kennedy

Policeman Murphy
Al Hill

Al Hill

Flint
Edward Keane

Edward Keane

District Attorney
A. Robert Nunes

A. Robert Nunes

Witness (As Bob Nunes)
Jack Cheatham

Jack Cheatham

Policeman
Steve Clark

Steve Clark

Telephone Re-Connect Man (uncredited)
William Ruhl

William Ruhl

Blackmailer (uncredited)

Videos and Photos

The Hat Box Mystery
The Hat Box Mystery
The Hat Box Mystery

Movie Reviews

Reviews for The Hat Box Mystery
reviewer avatar

A Review by Geronimo1967 5

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-07-07

Pamela Blake is "Susan", the assistant to PI Tom Neal ("Russ") whose business has rather hit the skids. Whilst he is away, she takes on a ca... read more

Pamela Blake is "Susan", the assistant to PI Tom Neal ("Russ") whose business has rather hit the skids. Whilst he is away, she takes on a case trying to prove infidelity and using a hat box that, ostensibly, conceals a harmless camera she follows her target. Unfortunately, her snaps have a fatal consequence and she is charged with murder. It falls to "Russ" and his hapless helper "Harvard" (Allen Jenkins) to get to the bottom of it before "Susan" is toast. It's all just a routine B-drama with little jeopardy or menace, but it does have quite a few quite engaging scenes between "Harvard" and waitress "Veronica" (Virginia Sale) who offers him her body but he'd rather have a goose-burger.... It's short and sweet, and though pretty unremarkable, it does pass 45 minutes easily enough.

Read Full Review (The thoughts and opinions expressed here are solely those of the reviewer.)
A Review by CinemaSerf

Pamela Blake is "Susan", the assistant to PI Tom Neal ("Russ") whose business has rather hit the skids. Whilst he is away, she takes on a case trying to prove infidelity and using a hat box that, ostensibly, conceals a harmless camera she f...

reviewer avatar

A Review by Geronimo1967 5

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-07-07

Pamela Blake is "Susan", the assistant to PI Tom Neal ("Russ") whose business has rather hit the skids. Whilst he is away, she takes on a case trying to prove infidelity and using a hat box that, oste...

read more