Behind the Eight Ball (1942)
1h
Running Time
December 4, 1942Release Date
Behind the Eight Ball (1942)
1h
Running Time
December 4, 1942Release Date
Plot.
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.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
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
Details.
Release DateDecember 4, 1942
StatusReleased
Running Time1h
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Behind the Eight Ball is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and written by Stanley Roberts and Mel Ronson. The film stars Al Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz, Carol Bruce, Dick Foran, Grace McDonald, Johnny Downs and William Demarest. The film was released on December 4, 1942, by Universal Pictures.