The Hat Box Mystery is a 1947 english-language Action Comedy motion picture. 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. Written by Les Adams. The hat box mystery stars Tom Neal in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Pamela Blake, Allen Jenkins, Virginia Sale, Leonard Penn, Olga Andre and Tom Kennedy. It was released on 12th June 1947.