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Behind the Eight Ball

Behind the Eight Ball

# FUN STARS ! TUNE-STARS! LOVE-STARS! Hep-steppers and Happy Honeys!
Music   Comedy
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1942-12-04
⌚ Running Time: 60 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 4.7

Beloved Cast

Al Ritz original image
Al Jester
Al Ritz
Jimmy Ritz original image
Jimmy Jester
Jimmy Ritz
Harry Ritz original image
Harry Jester
Harry Ritz
Carol Bruce original image
Joan Barry
Carol Bruce
Dick Foran original image
Bill Edwards
Dick Foran
Grace McDonald original image
Babs
Grace McDonald
Johnny Downs original image
Danny
Johnny Downs
William Demarest original image
McKenzie
William Demarest

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