The Hat Box Mystery
Like-a-Jack-in-the-Box----Murder jumped out and claimed its Victim!
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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Actors
Tom Neal
Russ Ashton
Pamela Blake
Susan Hart
Allen Jenkins
'Harvard'
Virginia Sale
Veronica Hoopler
Leonard Penn
Stevens, aka John Moreland
Olga Andre
Marie Moreland
Tom Kennedy
Policeman Murphy
Al Hill
Flint
Edward Keane
District Attorney
Zon Murray
Joe
A. Robert Nunes
Witness (As Bob Nunes)
Jack Cheatham
Policeman
Steve Clark
Telephone Re-Connect Man (uncredited)
William Ruhl
Blackmailer (uncredited)
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