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.
The Hat Box Mystery has generally received mixed reviews.
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The Hat Box Mystery was released in 1947 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 2 reviews, giving The Hat Box Mystery (1947) an average rating of 47%.
Overall, film critics much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 20%. Professional critics enjoyed The Hat Box Mystery far more than standard cinema audiences.
With a score of 47%, The Hat Box Mystery is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1947, which stands at 62%.
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