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Original title

Behind the Eight Ball

Status: Released

Runtime:

60 minutes

Release date

1942-12-04

IMDB ID tt0034500

TMDB ID 111331

Original language en

Production Countries

Description

The movie Behind the Eight Ball (Original title Behind the Eight Ball) has in the main roles on Al Ritz (Al Jester), Jimmy Ritz (Jimmy Jester), Harry Ritz (Harry Jester), Carol Bruce (Joan Barry), Dick Foran (Bill Edwards) The release date of the movie is 04.12.1942. This movie it is produced by Universal Pictures . Production countries: United States of America Movie Genre: Movies Music, Movies Comedy

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.

Actors and actresses from the movie

Al Ritz

Al Ritz

Al Ritz

  • 1901-08-27

Jimmy Ritz

Jimmy Ritz

Jimmy Ritz

  • 1904-10-04

Harry Ritz

Harry Ritz

Harry Ritz

  • 1907-05-22

Carol Bruce

Carol Bruce

Carol Bruce

  • 1919-11-15

Carol Bruce was an American band singer, Broadway star, and film and television actress. Bruce began her career as a singer in the late 1930s with Larry Clinton and his band, and later sang with Ben Bernies orchestra in 1940-1941. Bruce made her Broadway debut in Louisiana Purchase, with songs by Ir

Dick Foran

Dick Foran

Dick Foran

  • 1910-06-18

John Nicholas Dick Foran (June 18, 1910 – August 10, 1979) was an American actor, known for his performances in western musicals and for playing supporting roles in dramatic pictures.Foran was still billed as Nick Foran when he signed a contract with Fox in 1934. In 1935, Foran, who stood 6-foot-2

Grace McDonald

Grace McDonald

Grace McDonald

  • 1918-06-15

Grace McDonald Green (June 15, 1918 – October 30, 1999) was an American actress.

Johnny Downs

Johnny Downs

Johnny Downs

  • 1913-10-10

William Demarest

William Demarest

William Demarest

  • 1892-02-26

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Carl William Demarest (February 27, 1892 – December 27, 1983) was an American character actor, known for playing Uncle Charley in My Three Sons. A veteran of World War I, Demarest became a prolific film and television actor, appearing in over 140 films, begin

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