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Knock on Wood (1953)

Director: Norman Panama, Melvin Frank

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From Time Out Film Guide

Danny Kaye's a ventriloquist with an outspoken dummy. Shrink Zetterling lays on the therapy, but a major plot device gets in her way when secret agents deposit a microfilm inside the dummy, whisking the movie into chase thriller mode, and giving the star a chance to dance with a troupe of Cossacks (choreography by Michael Kidd) and burst into balladry at an Irish convention. Funny, but a bit too much.

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Cast & crew

Director: Norman Panama, Melvin Frank

Producer: Norman Panama, Melvin Frank

Cast: Danny Kaye, Mai Zetterling, Torin Thatcher, David Burns, Leon Askin, Abner Biberman, Steve Geray full cast

Genre(s): Comedy

Duration: 103 mins


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