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12/06/1947 Crime, Comedy, Mystery 0h 44m
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Like-a-Jack-in-the-Box----Murder jumped out and claimed its Victim!

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.

  1. Lambert Hillyer

    Director

  2. Don Martin

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Tom Neal

    Russ Ashton

  2. Pamela Blake

    Susan Hart

  3. Allen Jenkins

    'Harvard'

  4. Virginia Sale

    Veronica Hoopler

  5. Leonard Penn

    Stevens, aka John Moreland

  6. Olga Andre

    Marie Moreland

  7. Tom Kennedy

    Policeman Murphy

  8. Al Hill

    Flint

  9. Edward Keane

    District Attorney

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-07-07
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 wa...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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