Behind the Eight Ball
FUN STARS ! TUNE-STARS! LOVE-STARS! Hep-steppers and Happy Honeys!
1942 | 60m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Edward F. Cline |
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| Writer: | Stanley Roberts, Mel Ronson |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 04, 1942 |
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| Director: | Edward F. Cline |
| Writer: | Stanley Roberts, Mel Ronson |
| Genres: | Comedy, Music |
| Keywords | show business, musical |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: May 02, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Edward F. Cline | Director |
| Charles Previn | Music Director |
| Eddie Prinz | Choreographer |
| George Robinson | Director of Photography |
| Stanley Roberts | Story, Screenplay |
| Mel Ronson | Screenplay |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Howard Benedict | Associate Producer |
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