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.

Released Dec. 4, 1942 60 min 7+

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Music, Musical

Keywords: tmdb.show-business, tmdb.musical, imdb.spy-ring, imdb.frame-up, imdb.lie, imdb.police-investigation, imdb.suspense + 9 more, imdb.jealousy, imdb.group, imdb.brother-brother-relationship, imdb.vaudeville, imdb.male-female-relationship, imdb.show-business, imdb.off-broadway, imdb.investigation, imdb.double-murder