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Bookmark this pageKnock 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.Author: TJ
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- Emma said...
- Posted on Mar 03 2008 14:05 I too would like to get this DVD I can't find it anywhere. I think it is one of the funniest films of all times. Danny Kaye is simply brilliant
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- M. STANISTREET said...
- Posted on Jul 21 2007 08:24 CAN ANYONE TELL ME (AT MY E-ADDRESS), WHERE I CAN GET A DVD OF THIS MARVELOUS FILM, POSSIBLY KAYE'S BEST EVER.
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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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