Knock on Wood (film)

Knock on Wood
Promotional poster
Directed byMelvin Frank
Norman Panama
Written byMelvin Frank
Norman Panama
Produced byMelvin Frank
Norman Panama
StarringDanny Kaye
Mai Zetterling
Torin Thatcher
David Burns
Leon Askin
CinematographyDaniel L. Fapp
Edited byAlma Macrorie
Music bySylvia Fine
Victor Young
Production
company
Dena Productions
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • April 14, 1954 (1954-04-14)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3.5 million (US)[1]

Knock on Wood is a 1954 American comedy thriller film starring Danny Kaye and Mai Zetterling. Other actors in the film include Torin Thatcher, David Burns, and Leon Askin. The film was written and directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, with songs by Kaye's wife, Sylvia Fine. Location shooting in England took place around London as well as Maidenhead and Marlow.

  1. ^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1954', Variety Weekly, January 5, 1955