“Like-a-Jack-in-the-Box----Murder jumped out and claimed its Victim!”
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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Cast
19 people
Tom Neal
Russ Ashton
Known for
Detour
Another Thin Man
Pamela Blake
Susan Hart
Known for
This Gun for Hire
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Lambert Hillyer
Carl K Hittleman
Allen Jenkins
'Harvard'
Known for
Top Cat
Pillow Talk
Don Martin
Maury Nunes
Virginia Sale
Veronica Hoopler
Known for
Topper
Leonard Penn
Stevens, aka John Moreland
Known for
Bachelor Mother
Olga Andre
Marie Moreland
Tom Kennedy
Policeman Murphy
Known for
Monkey Business
Pack Up Your Troubles
Al Hill
Flint
Known for
The Bank Dick
Lambert Hillyer Director · Carl K. Hittleman Screenplay Don Martin Writer
United States release June 12, 1947 · Produced in United States · Production Screen Art Pictures Corp.
Production
Robert L. Lippert Productions
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Screen Art Pictures Corp.
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 12, 1947
Theatrical
Philippines
March 4, 1952 · Davao
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