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The Hat Box Mystery

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

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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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  • private detective

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  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical12 Jun 1947

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The Hat Box Mystery was released on 12 June 1947.

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    CinemaSerf

    7/7/2022

    5/10

    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 t…

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