Knock On Wood

Knock On Wood

103 mins | Comedy, Action | April 6, 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.

Knock On Wood

103 mins | Comedy, Action | April 6, 1954

Knock On Wood
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Paramount, Dena Productions
Original title Knock On Wood
Directors Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Writers Norman Panama, Melvin Frank

Cast

Danny Kaye

as Jerry Morgan

Mai Zetterling

as Ilse Nordstrom

Torin Thatcher

as Godfrey Langston

David Burns

as Marty Brown

Leon Askin

as Laslo Gromeck

Abner Biberman

as Maurice Papinek

Gavin Gordon

as Car Salesman

Otto Waldis

as Brodnik

Steven Geray

as Doctor Kreuger

Diana Adams

as Princess Maya

Patricia Denise

as Mama Morgan

Virginia Huston

as Audrey Greene

Paul England

as Chief Inspector Wilton

Johnstone White

as Langston's Secretary

Henry Brandon

as Second Trenchcoat Man

Lewis Martin

as Inspector Cranford

Patrick Aherne

as Reporter (uncredited)

Leon Alton

as Bellhop (uncredited)

John Alderson

as English Bobby (uncredited)