Behind the Eight Ball (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.
Director:
Edward F. Cline
Writers:
Mel Ronson, Stanley Roberts.
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Al Ritz as Al Jester |
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Jimmy Ritz as Jimmy Jester |
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Harry Ritz as Harry Jester |
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Carol Bruce as Joan Barry |
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Dick Foran as Bill Edwards |
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Grace McDonald as Babs |
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Johnny Downs as Danny |
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William Demarest as McKenzie |
| Directing | Edward F. Cline | Director |
| Writing | Mel Ronson | Screenplay |
| Writing | Stanley Roberts | Story |
| Writing | Stanley Roberts | Screenplay |
| Production | Howard Benedict | Associate Producer |
| Crew | Eddie Prinz | Choreographer |
| Sound | Charles Previn | Music Director |
| Camera | George Robinson | Director of Photography |
