The Hat Box Mystery 1947

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by: Lambert Hillyer
Written by: Carl K. Hittleman & Don Martin
Runtime: 44 minutes
Tagline: Like-a-Jack-in-the-Box----Murder jumped out and claimed its Victim!
Cast:
Tom Neal
Tom Neal
Russ Ashton 
Pamela Blake
Pamela Blake
Susan Hart 
Allen Jenkins
Allen Jenkins
'Harvard' 
Virginia Sale
Virginia Sale
Veronica Hoopler 
Leonard Penn
Leonard Penn
Stevens, aka John Moreland 
Olga Andre
Olga Andre
Marie Moreland