(Behind the Eight Ball)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Music,

Comedy

Runtime:

60 minutes

Year:

1942

Directors:

Edward F. Cline

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Production companies:

Universal Pictures

Actors:

Al Jester

Jimmy Jester

Harry Jester

Joan Barry

Bill Edwards

Crews:

Director

Screenplay

Story

Screenplay

Associate Producer