
Film
Behind the Eight Ball
1942 · 1h · Music · Comedy
FUN STARS ! TUNE-STARS! LOVE-STARS! Hep-steppers and Happy Honeys!
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Overview
The story takes place at a summer theater in the Berkshire Mountains, where heroine Joan Barry (Carol Bruce) is staging a Broadway-bound musical comedy. Only one problem: two guest stars are shot and killed on two successive evenings, right in front of the audience. Hoping to solve the mystery, detective William Demarest demands that everyone -- actors and theatergoers alike -- return the following weekend to restage the show. But with no major performer willing to assume the fatal guest-star slot, Joan is forced to hire the Three Jolly Jesters (Al, Harry and Jimmy Ritz), Manhattan washroom attendants with showbiz aspirations.
Cast

Al Ritz
Al Jester

Jimmy Ritz
Jimmy Jester

Harry Ritz
Harry Jester

Carol Bruce
Joan Barry

Dick Foran
Bill Edwards

Grace McDonald
Babs

Johnny Downs
Danny

William Demarest
McKenzie
Crew
- Edward F. ClineDirector
- Stanley RobertsStory · Screenplay
- Mel RonsonScreenplay
- George RobinsonDirector of Photography
Details
- Release date
- December 4, 1942
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Music, Comedy
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