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- This is an article on the 1954 film. For the superstitious act, see Knocking on wood. For the webcomic by Lucas Wagner, see Knock on Wood (webcomic). For the song, see Knock on Wood (song). For the Little Einsteins TV Episode, see Knock on Wood (Little Einsteins episode). .
| Knock on Wood |
Promotional movie poster for the film |
| Directed by |
Melvin Frank
Norman Panama |
| Produced by |
Melvin Frank
Norman Panama |
| Written by |
Melvin Frank
Norman Panama |
| Starring |
Danny Kaye
Mai Zetterling
Torin Thatcher
David Burns
Leon Askin |
| Music by |
Sylvia Fine |
| Cinematography |
Daniel L. Fapp |
| Editing by |
Alma Macrorie |
| Distributed by |
Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) |
April 14, 1954
June 2, 1954
September 8, 1954
October 15, 1954 |
| Running time |
103 min. |
| Country |
U.S.A. |
| Language |
English |
| All Movie Guide profile |
| IMDb profile |
Knock on Wood is a 1954 comedy 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.
Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Jerry Morgan (Kaye) 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. At last Jerry is convinced to see a psychiatrist, Ilse Nordstrom (Zetterling), who tries to discover the source of his problem. The two of them eventually fall in love.
At the same time, Jerry becomes unwittingly intertwined with spies. This aspect of the plot produces the most hilarious scenes in the film as he is trying to elude them, such as the scene in which Jerry, impersonating a British car salesman, tries to demonstrate a new convertible with loads of bells and whistles, and the incomparable comic highlight near the end, when he finds himself on stage in the middle of the performance of an exotic ballet.
Trivia
- As in Kaye's later film The Court Jester (likewise written and directed by Frank and Panama), the dialogue includes linguistic play, here involving particularly the names of the dummies ("Clarence" and Terrence") and the Slavic names of the spies.
- The title song was an adaptation of "Everbody Thinks I'm Crazy" from the 1941 cartoon debut of Woody Woodpecker. It can be found along with Danny Kaye's rendition of "The Woody Woodpecker Song" on the album, "The Best of Danny Kaye" [Spectrum, 2000].
- "Knock on Wood" is also the title of a song in another film, Casablanca, with music by M.K. Jerome and lyrics by Jack Scholl. It is performed by Dooley Wilson ("Sam") and orchestra.
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