Behind the Eight Ball

4.7 / 10

(3 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Music,

Comedy

Duration:

60 minutes

Year:

1942

Director:

Edward F. Cline

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Company:

Universal Pictures

Cast:
Al Ritz

Al Jester

Jimmy Ritz

Jimmy Jester

Harry Ritz

Harry Jester

Carol Bruce

Joan Barry

Dick Foran

Bill Edwards

Crew:
Edward F. Cline

Director

Stanley Roberts

Story

Stanley Roberts

Screenplay

Mel Ronson

Screenplay

Howard Benedict

Associate Producer