Behind the Eight Ball

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.

• Edward F. ClineDirector
• Stanley RobertsScreenplay
• Mel RonsonScreenplay

• Al RitzAl Jester
• Jimmy RitzJimmy Jester
• Harry RitzHarry Jester
• Carol BruceJoan Barry
• Dick ForanBill Edwards
• Grace McDonaldBabs
• Johnny DownsDanny
• William DemarestMcKenzie