Knock on Wood (1954)
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.
Directors: Norman Panama, Melvin Frank.
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Danny Kaye as Jerry Morgan |
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Mai Zetterling as Ilse Nordstrom |
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Torin Thatcher as Godfrey Langston |
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David Burns as Marty Brown |
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Leon Askin as Laslo Gromeck |
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Abner Biberman as Maurice Papinek |
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Gavin Gordon as Car Salesman |
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Otto Waldis as Brodnik |
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Steven Geray as Doctor Kreuger |
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Diana Adams as Princess Maya |
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Patricia Denise as Mama Morgan |
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Virginia Huston as Audrey Greene |
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Paul England as Chief Inspector Wilton |
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Johnstone White as Langston's Secretary |
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Henry Brandon as Second Trenchcoat Man |
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Lewis Martin as Inspector Cranford |
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Patrick Aherne as Reporter |
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Leon Alton as Bellhop |
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John Alderson as English Bobby |
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Patrick Whyte as English Butler |
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Winifred Harris as English Woman |
| Directing | Norman Panama | Director |
| Directing | Melvin Frank | Director |
| Writing | Norman Panama | Writer |
| Writing | Melvin Frank | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Production | Melvin Frank | Producer |
| Production | Norman Panama | Producer |
| Camera | Daniel L. Fapp | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Alma Macrorie | Editor |
| Art | Henry Bumstead | Art Direction |
| Art | Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Art | Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Art | Ray Moyer | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup & Hair |
| Sound | Victor Young | Original Music Composer |