Knock on Wood
1954 · 103 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 1,220 VOTES · DIR. Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,200 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:53 This is Paris, on a peaceful day in June.
00:05:27 It's getting worse all the time
00:07:36 Nobody says you're crazy.
00:10:37 You take them. Plane, train, they must leave Paris tonight.
00:14:08 - Good evening. - Good evening.
00:16:48 You've got to fight this thing.
00:19:47 I'm afraid there's a theft of some top secret documents
00:23:38 But you can't put us both in the same room, I won't sleep. This man snores.
00:25:54 - Are you through? - Yeah.
00:31:06 I don't ... Ladies shower room? Holy ... Ladies ...
00:34:14 Well, that's pretty much the story, Dr Kreuger.
00:36:40 beautiful blue eyes, such lovely hair
00:42:26 Precisely. And being a ventriloquist
00:45:32 where, that night, at Langsmeyer, his country estate
00:48:48 Yeah. After we left Philadelphia we went ... That's all?
00:51:25 Do you understand?
00:56:35 Do you want my arms as I do, all about you.
01:03:10 You will pay?
01:08:53 - What did he say? - Right in the face! - Oh!
01:13:46 There was murder last night, I didn't do them.
01:19:29 Could you tell me, what that red thing, sitting out there, so attractive?
01:22:52 - Thank you. - Yes ...
01:27:12 Quickly and not too much of a mess.
01:40:32 - Go on Medical, get some brandy. - I am not hysterical.
Cast & Characters
Danny Kaye
Jerry Morgan
Danny Kaye
Papa Morgan
Danny Kaye
Clarence
Mai Zetterling
Dr. Ilse Nordstrom
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
Dr. Kreuger
Diana Adams
Princess Maya
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,200
Dialogue density11.7 lines / min
First line00:01:53
Final line01:40:32
Production Record
DirectorNorman Panama, Melvin Frank
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,220