Behind the Eight Ball (1942) — comedy, music film. Directed by Edward F. Cline. Starring Al Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz, Carol Bruce.
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A comedic mystery where a bumbling troupe uncovers enemy espionage at a murder-plagued theatre.
Comedy, Music · 5.3/10 · 60 min · 1942
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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