Behind the Eight Ball
Behind the Eight Ball
1942
Music Comedy
Synopsis
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.
Credits
Director
Edward F. Cline
Cast
Al Ritz as Al Jester
Carol Bruce as Joan Barry
Dick Foran as Bill Edwards
Grace McDonald as Babs
Harry Ritz as Harry Jester
Jimmy Ritz as Jimmy Jester
Johnny Downs as Danny
William Demarest as McKenzie
Crew
Howard Benedict (Associate Producer)
Eddie Prinz (Choreographer)
George Robinson (Director of Photography)
Charles Previn (Music Director)
Mel Ronson (Screenplay)
Stanley Roberts (Screenplay)
Stanley Roberts (Story)
Original Poster
Behind the Eight Ball - Original Poster
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