KNOCK ON WOOD

Details

• Release Year: 1953
• Genre: Comedy
• Plot: The film casts Danny Kaye as a neurotic American ventriloquist performing in Europe. In a parody of the 1946 thriller 'Dead of Night', Kaye is unable to control the words coming out of his dummy, resulting in a near-nervous breakdown. His manager and best friend (David Burns) orders him to see a famous psychiatrist in Zurich. What follows is a zany adventure involving secret weapons, international spies and the beautiful Mai Zetterling. This classic Danny Kaye comedy was written, produced and directed by the great team of Norman Panama and Melvin Frank ('The Court Jester').
• Cast: Danny Kaye, Mai Zetterling, Torin Thatcher, David Burns, Leon Askin, Abner Biberman, Gavin Gordon, Otto Waldis, Steven Geray, Diana Adams, Patricia Denise, Virginia Huston, Paul England, Johnstone White, Henry Brandon, Lewis Martin, Patrick Aherne, John Alderson, Larry Arnold, Geneviève Aumont, Helen Chapman, Tony Christian, Edith Clinton, Helen Dickson, Noel Drayton, Rex Evans, Bess Flowers, Alex Goudavich, Herman Hack, Winifred Harris, Kenneth Hunter, Donald Lawton, Alphonse Martell, Carl Milletaire, Christopher Olsen, Bob Stephenson, Charles Sullivan, Phil Tully, Philip Van Zandt, Eric Wilton, Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
• Director: Melvin Frank
• Runtime: 1:43
• Company: Paramount, Paramount Home Entertainment, OliveFilms
• Media Format: Movie