Knock on Wood

Knock on Wood is a 1954 film starring Danny Kaye as "Jerry Morgan." The leading lady is played by Mai Zetterling. Others in the film are Torin Thatcher, David Burns and Leon Askin.

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1954 - Danny Kaye - Mai Zetterling - Torin Thatcher - David Burns - Leon Askin

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The movie is written and directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama.

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Melvin Frank - Norman Panama

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Danny plays a ventriloquist with problems causing him to always lose out on love. Just when his relationship with a woman gets around to marriage, his puppet, Clarence, turns jealous. Mai is his psychiatrist, Ilse Nordstrom.

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Songs for the movie were written by Kaye's wife, Sylvia Fine.

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One of the funny scenes is Kaye's impersonation of a British car salesman demostrating a new convertible with loads of bells and whistles.

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