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Behind the Eight Ball
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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 as Al Jester
- Jimmy Ritz as Jimmy Jester
- Harry Ritz as Harry Jester
- Carol Bruce as Joan Barry
- Dick Foran as Bill Edwards
- Grace McDonald as Babs
- Johnny Downs as Danny
- William Demarest as McKenzie
Details
- Director
- Edward F. Cline
- Released
- December 4, 1942
- Runtime
- 1h
- Genres
- Music, Comedy
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 5.2 / 10 from 4 votes
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