Behind the Eight Ball
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1942-12-04
Runtime: 60 mins
Director: Edward F. Cline
Spoken language: English
Genres: Music, Comedy
Original title: Behind the Eight Ball
Production Companies: Universal Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
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