Knock on Wood (1954)
Directed by Norman Panama, Melvin Frank · 103 min · Action, Comedy
8.5 TOPICAL score · #5,761 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has failed with another love affair. The reason: when the relationship reaches the point when it is time to discuss marriage, his two dolls become mean and jealous. Morgan's dollmaker Papinek is a member of a spy ring who has stolen the secret plans for the top-secret Lafayette airplane. Since Morgan is leaving for Zurich the same night, he decides to hide the secret plan in the heads of the dolls.
Knock on Wood (1954, directed by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank) has a TOPICAL score of 8.5 - ranked 5,761 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and audience, and lowest on historical impact. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Audiences: TMDB 6.7/10 (35 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 10 languages.
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- AudienceTMDB 6.7/10 (35 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 10 languages
- Still read906 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Danny Kaye (actor #1,090), Mai Zetterling, Torin Thatcher (actor #1,815), David Burns