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The Hat Box Mystery
The Hat Box Mystery

4.2

The Hat Box Mystery

NR·1947·44m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director

Lambert Hillyer

Screenplay, Story

Carl K. Hittleman

Story

Maury Nunes

Writer

Don Martin

Reviews

Geronimo1967

Geronimo1967

July 7, 2022

5

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.

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Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Keywords

private detective