Knock on Wood (1954)
Knock on Wood (1954)
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 16:9 | 720x480 | 7100 kbps | 5.3Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps
01:43:00 | USA | Comedy
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 16:9 | 720x480 | 7100 kbps | 5.3Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps
01:43:00 | USA | Comedy
With the exception of the brilliant The Court Jester, Knock on Wood must rank as the best of Danny Kaye's movie vehicles. Capitalizing on the star's recent successful engagement in London, the film casts Kaye as a neurotic American ventriloquist performing in England and Europe. In a parody of the 1946 thriller Dead of Night, Kaye is unable to control the words coming out of his dummy, resulting in a near-nervous breakdown…
Directors: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Cast: Danny Kaye, Mai Zetterling, Torin Thatcher, David Burns, Leon Askin, Abner Biberman, Gavin Gordon, Otto Waldis, Steven Geray, Diana Adams, Patricia Denise, Virginia Huston, Paul England, Johnstone White, Henry Brandon, Lewis Martin, Patrick Aherne, John Alderson, Larry Arnold, Genevieve Aumont, Helen Chapman, Tony Christian, Edith Clinton, Helen Dickson, Allan Douglas, Noel Drayton, David Dunbar, Rex Evans, Bess Flowers, Alex Goudavich
The film casts Danny Kaye as a neurotic American ventriloquist performing in Europe. In a parody of the 1946 thriller Dead of Night, Kaye is unable to control the words coming out of his dummy, resulting in a near-nervous breakdown. His manager and best friend (David Burns) orders him to see a famous psychiatrist in Zurich. What follows is a zany adventure involving secret weapons, international spies and the beautiful Mai Zetterling. This classic Danny Kaye comedy was written, produced and directed by the great team of Norman Panama and Melvin Frank
Knock on Wood (1954)
Knock on Wood (1954)
IMDb
Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has to see another love affair fail. The reason: when the relationship reaches the point when it is time to discuss marriage, his doll Clarence becomes mean and jealous. His fiancee Audrey leaves him and Jerry smashes his two dolls, Clarence and Terrence. 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. Another secret spy ring also wants to get their hands on Jerry's luggage and they *also* follow him. Eventually, Jerry is chased by both these organizations as well as the police, who suspects him of murder.
~ Mattias Thuresson
Knock on Wood (1954)
Knock on Wood (1954)
