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Knock on Wood (1954)Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has failed with another love affair. The reason: when the relationship reaches the point when it is time to discuss marriage... See full summary » |
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Jerry Morgan
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Papa Morgan
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Clarence
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Mai Zetterling | ... |
Dr. Ilse Nordstrom
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Torin Thatcher | ... |
Godfrey Langston
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David Burns | ... |
Marty Brown
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Laslo Gromeck
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Abner Biberman | ... |
Maurice Papinek
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Gavin Gordon | ... |
Car Salesman
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Otto Waldis | ... |
Brodnik
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Steven Geray | ... |
Doctor Kreuger
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Diana Adams | ... |
Princess Maya
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Patricia Denise | ... |
Mama Morgan
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Virginia Huston | ... |
Audrey Greene
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Paul England | ... |
Chief Inspector Wilton
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Johnstone White | ... |
Langston's Secretary
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Henry Brandon | ... |
Second Trenchcoat Man
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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 doll Clarence becomes mean and jealous. His fiancée Audrey leaves him and Jerry smashes his two dolls, Clarence and Terrence. Morgan's dollmaker Papinek is a member of a spy ring who has stolen secret plans to the top secret Lafayette airplane. Since Morgan is leaving for Zurich the same night, Papinek decides to use Morgan's dolls as a mailbox and hides the secret plans in the heads of the dolls. Another secret spy ring also wants to get their hands on Jerry's luggage and they *also* follow him. Eventually, Jerry is chased by both these organizations as well as the police, who suspects him of murder. Written by Mattias Thuresson <mattias.thuresson@mbox300.swipnet.se>
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Jerry Morgan: [speaking of his fiancee] Really, folks, she's a beautiful, wonderful girl. I wish you could see her.
Clarence: Yeah, you should see her. A blonde, blue-eyed, baby-faced purse-snatcher.
Jerry Morgan: Clarence!
Clarence: A peroxide octopus.
Jerry Morgan: Quiet!
Clarence: Fifteen hands and they're all in his pockets.
Jerry Morgan: Clarence! Please!
Clarence: A hundred and ten pounds of well-stacked rattlesnakes!
Jerry Morgan: Clarence!
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(1953) (uncredited)
Written by Sylvia Fine
Performed by Danny Kaye, Phil Tully and others in the bar See more »
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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. See more »Goofs
Errors in geography: Danny Kaye's character turns a corner on Oxford Street and appears on Ludgate Hill, a mile away. See more »Quotes
[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.
Clarence: Yeah, you should see her. A blonde, blue-eyed, baby-faced purse-snatcher.
Jerry Morgan: Clarence!
Clarence: A peroxide octopus.
Jerry Morgan: Quiet!
Clarence: Fifteen hands and they're all in his pockets.
Jerry Morgan: Clarence! Please!
Clarence: A hundred and ten pounds of well-stacked rattlesnakes!
Jerry Morgan: Clarence!
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Referenced in "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show: Burnses and Mortons Choosing Movie to Attend (#4.37)" (1954) See more »Soundtracks
"Monahan O'Han"(1953) (uncredited)
Written by Sylvia Fine
Performed by Danny Kaye, Phil Tully and others in the bar See more »
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