The Hat Box Mystery

The Hat Box Mystery (1947)

June 12th, 19470h 44min

Crime, Comedy, Mystery
36%

Overview

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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