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The Hat Box Mystery is a 1947 mystery 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.
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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) |
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Running time | 44 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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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