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Behind the Eight Ball

FUN STARS ! TUNE-STARS! LOVE-STARS! Hep-steppers and Happy Honeys!
Dec 4, 1942 · 1h 0m
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Music
Comedy

PLOT

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.

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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
Directed by Edward F. Cline

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Universal Pictures
Country
US

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