The Hat Box Mystery

The Hat Box Mystery
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Directed by	Lambert Hillyer
Written by	Carl K. Hittleman Maury Nunes
Produced by	Robert L. Lippert Carl K. Hittleman Maury Nunes
Starring	Tom Neal Pamela Blake Allen Jenkins
Cinematography	James S. Brown Jr.
Edited by	Arthur A. Brooks
Music by	Darrell Calker
Production company	Screen Art Pictures
Distributed by	Screen Guild Productions Exclusive Films (UK)
Release date	June 12, 1947
Running time	44 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Hat Box Mystery is a 1947 mystery film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Tom Neal, Pamela Blake and Allen Jenkins. It was produced as a featurette for release by Robert L. Lippert's Screen Guild Productions. It was shot at the General Service Studios in Hollywood. The film's sets were designed by the art director William Glasgow.

Synopsis

Susan Hart, the secretary and fiancée of private detective Russ Ashton takes a case in his absence. Given a hat box by her client with a hidden camera inside she is told to take a photograph of his wife so he can begin divorce proceedings. Instead when she opens the box the woman is shot dead and she finds herself accused of murder.

Cast

• Tom Neal as Russ Ashton
• Pamela Blake as Susan Hart
• Allen Jenkins as 'Harvard'
• Virginia Sale as Veronica Hoopler
• Leonard Penn as Stevens
• Olga Andre as Marie Moreland
• Tom Kennedy as Police Officer Murphy
• Al Hill as Flint
• Edward Keane as District Attorney
• Zon Murray as Joe
• Bob Nunes as Witness
• Jack Cheatham as Policeman

Bibliography

• Pitts, Michael R. Famous Movie Detectives II. Scarecrow Press, 1991.

External links

• The Hat Box Mystery at IMDb