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Behind the Eight Ball

Name: Behind the Eight Ball
Genre: Music, Comedy
Released: 1942-12-04
Duration: 60 min
Rating: 5.2

★ 5,2 /10 (4 Votes)

1942 EN 60 min

Overview

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.

Release date

04/12/1942

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Popularity

1.4