Behind the Eight Ball

(1942)

★ 5.3 IMDb · 4 votes

Genres: Music, Comedy

Year: 1942

Runtime: 60 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Эдвард Ф. Клайн

Cast: Al Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz, Carol Bruce, Дик Форан, Grace McDonald, Johnny Downs, William Demarest

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.