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Knock on Wood

Duration:

103 min

Genres:

Comedy

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Melvin Frank

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Filming Locations: Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Mai Zetterling

Danny Kaye

Jerry Morgan / Papa Morgan / Clarence

Torin Thatcher

Godfrey Langston

David Burns

Marty Brown

Leon Askin

Laslo Gromeck

Abner Biberman

Maurice Papinek

Gavin Gordon

Car Salesman

Otto Waldis

Brodnik

Steven Geray

Doctor Kreuger

Diana Adams

Princess Maya

Patricia Denise

Mama Morgan

Virginia Huston

Audrey Greene

Paul England

Chief Inspector Wilton

Johnstone White

Langston's Secretary

Henry Brandon

Second Trenchcoat Man

Lewis Martin

Inspector Cranford

Patrick Aherne

Reporter (uncredited)

John Alderson

English Bobby (uncredited)

Larry Arnold

French Diplomat (uncredited)

Geneviève Aumont

Airline Stewardess (uncredited)

Helen Chapman

Zelda (uncredited)

Tony Christian

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Edith Clinton

Ilse's Secretary (uncredited)

Helen Dickson

Woman in Shower (uncredited)

Allan Douglas

Barman (uncredited)

Noel Drayton

Little Man (uncredited)

David Dunbar

English Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Rex Evans

Car Customer (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Woman at Ballet (uncredited)

Alex Goudavich

Prince (uncredited)

Herman Hack

Irish Bartender (uncredited)

Bobby Hale

English Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Alec Harford

English Waiter (uncredited)

Winifred Harris

English Woman (uncredited)

Jimmie Horan

Minor Role (uncredited)

Kenneth Hunter

Old Man (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers

Pub Patron (uncredited)

Donald Lawton

French Stage Manager (uncredited)

Alphonse Martell

Policeman (uncredited)

Carl Milletaire

First Trenchcoat Man (uncredited)

William Nind

French Policeman (uncredited)

Nick Nordt

Prince (uncredited)

Christopher Olsen

Jerry as a Child (uncredited)

Manuel París

French Butler (uncredited)

Robert R. Stephenson

Langstrom's Henchman (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Irishman (uncredited)

Phil Tully

Irishman (uncredited)

Philip Van Zandt

Brutchik (uncredited)

Patrick White

English Butler (uncredited)

Eric Wilton

Doorman (uncredited)

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Trivia

Although set in London, the film was mostly made on Hollywood studio sets. However, a second unit was sent to London to film backgrounds, and in these scenes a double was used for Danny Kaye, mostly filmed from behind or from a distance. The double was in fact a well-known British actor and comedian, Jon Pertwee. This may account for the fact that a character called "Sir Pertwee" appears in Kaye's subsequent film "The Court Jester", also made by the team of Melvin Frank and Norman Panama.

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Goofs

Danny Kaye's character turns a corner on Oxford Street and appears on Ludgate Hill, a mile away.

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Supposedly set in England, all of the cars on the streets of London are left-hand drive.

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Quotes

Narrator: But when ruthless and desperate men are at work, there are always the innocent who suffer. Is this interesting? Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options [as the stage show's end, the ventriloquist's dummy asserts itself] Jerry Morgan: [speaking of his fiancee] Really, folks, she's a beautiful, wonderful girl. I wish you could see her.

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Marty Brown: Please, don't say "stomach."

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Jerry Morgan: Listen, if this keeps up you'll get us kicked out of Switzerland.

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