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Behind the Eight Ball (1942)

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

Genre : Music, Comedy

Runtime : 1H 0M

Director : Edward F. Cline
Writer : Stanley Roberts, Mel Ronson

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.

Actors

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

Crews

Edward F. Cline
Edward F. Cline
Director
Stanley Roberts
Stanley Roberts
Story
Stanley Roberts
Stanley Roberts
Screenplay
Mel Ronson
Mel Ronson
Screenplay
Howard Benedict
Howard Benedict
Associate Producer
Charles Previn
Charles Previn
Music Director
Eddie Prinz
Eddie Prinz
Choreographer
George Robinson
George Robinson
Director of Photography

Posters and backgrounds

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