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Like-a-Jack-in-the-Box----Murder jumped out and claimed its Victim!
4.5 / 10 IMDb June 12, 1947 0h 44m
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.
Director
Runtime
0h 44m
Release Date
June 12, 1947
Genre
Crime, Comedy, Mystery
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
Cast
Tom Neal
as Russ Ashton
Pamela Blake
as Susan Hart
Allen Jenkins
as 'Harvard'
Virginia Sale
as Veronica Hoopler
Leonard Penn
as Stevens, aka John Moreland
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Olga Andre
as Marie Moreland
Tom Kennedy
as Policeman Murphy
Al Hill
as Flint
Edward Keane
as District Attorney
Zon Murray
as Joe
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A. Robert Nunes
as Witness (As Bob Nunes)
Jack Cheatham
as Policeman
Steve Clark
as Telephone Re-Connect Man (uncredited)
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William Ruhl
as Blackmailer (uncredited)
Production Companies
Robert L. Lippert Productions
Screen Art Pictures Corp.
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