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Knock on Wood
Knock on Wood is a 1954 American comedy thriller 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. Location shooting in England took place around London as well as Maidenhead and Marlow.
Plot
Jerry Morgan is a ventriloquist who is having trouble with love: just when his relationship with a woman gets around to marriage, his dummy turns jealous and spoils everything. Jerry's manager Marty threatens to quit unless Jerry sees a psychiatrist, Ilse Nordstrom, who tries to discover the source of his problem. The two of them eventually fall in love.
More details
| author | Melvin Frank |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Melvin Frank Norman Panama |
| editor | Alma Macrorie |
| genre | comedy thriller |
| keywords | car salesman ventriloquism ventriloquist |
| musicBy | Sylvia Fine |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay |
| producer | Melvin Frank Norman Panama |
| productionCompany | Dena Productions |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | Los Angeles Zürich |
| theme | comedy thriller psychological spy spy comedy |