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Knock on Wood (1954)
Directed by Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
“The No. 1 Song-and-Dance Clown at his best!”
Action, Comedy · 1h 43m
Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has failed with another love affair. The reason: when the relationship reaches the point when it is time to discuss marriage, his two dolls become mean and jealous. Morgan's dollmaker Papinek is a member of a spy ring who has stolen the secret plans for the top-secret Lafayette airplane. Since Morgan is leaving for Zurich the same night, he decides to hide the secret plan in the heads of the dolls.
Cast
Danny Kaye
Jerry Morgan
Mai Zetterling
Ilse Nordstrom
Torin Thatcher
Godfrey Langston
David Burns
Marty Brown
Leon Askin
Laslo Gromeck
Abner Biberman
Maurice Papinek
Gavin Gordon
Car Salesman
Otto Waldis
Brodnik
Steven Geray
Dr. Kreuger
Diana Adams
Princess Maya
P
Patricia Denise
Mama Morgan
Virginia Huston
Audrey Greene
Crew
- Director
- Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
- Writer
- Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
- Director of Photography
- Daniel L. Fapp
- Original Music Composer
- Victor Young
- Editor
- Alma Macrorie
- Producer
- Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Details
- Release date
- 1954-04-06
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Action, Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Dena Productions, Paramount Pictures