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Behind the Eight Ball (1942)

Behind the Eight Ball (1942)

Comedy Music

FUN STARS ! TUNE-STARS! LOVE-STARS! Hep-steppers and Happy Honeys!

Release Date: 1942, December 4
Directors: Edward F. Cline
Countries: United States of America
Production: Universal Pictures
Cast: Carol Bruce, Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, William Demarest, Johnny Downs, Dick Foran, Grace McDonald

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.

Keywords:

musical show business