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Knock on Wood is a 1954 American comedy film starring Danny Kaye and Mai Zetterling. Other actors in the film include Torin Thatcher, David Burns, and Leon Askin. The film was written and directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, with songs by Kaye's wife, Sylvia Fine.
Knock on Wood: Directed by Melvin Frank, Norman Panama. With Danny Kaye, Mai Zetterling, Torin Thatcher, David Burns. Discovering that a ventriloquist is travelling to Zurich, a spy ring hides secret plans in his dummies' heads.
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- Comedy
- Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
- 1954-07
Dec 9, 2020 · KNOCK ON WOOD (1954) Theatrical Trailer - Danny Kaye, Mai Zetterling, Torin Thatcher. Neurosis isn't just an implied subtext in Knock on Wood, it's an out and out plot point, as...
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When his fiancée leaves him, ventriloquist Jerry Morgan (Danny Kaye) alarms his manager, Marty (David Burns), with a violent outburst directed at his two dummies.
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- Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
- Comedy
Knock on Wood sees Kaye revisiting his nervous and excitable comedy persona. Another split personality tale, it makes fun of psychiatry and Cold War espionage, standard satirical targets from the 1950s.
- Norman Panama
- Danny Kaye
Morgan's doll maker Papinek is a member of a spy ring who has stolen secret plans to the top secret Lafayette airplane. Since Morgan is leaving for Zurich the same night, Papinek decides to use Morgan's dolls as a mailbox and hides the secret plans in the heads of the dolls.
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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.
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