The Hat Box Mystery

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The Hat Box Mystery
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Directed by Lambert Hillyer
Written byCarl 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 (1947-06-12)
Running time
44 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Hat Box Mystery is a 1947 mystery short film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Tom Neal, Pamela Blake and Allen Jenkins. [1] 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. A sequel The Case of the Babysitter, was released the following month.

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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.

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References

  1. Pitts p.269

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