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.| Status: | Released (1954-04-06) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 nominations total |
| Screen: | Norman Panama, Melvin Frank |
| Productions: | Dena Productions, Paramount Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Crews
- 50577: Norman Panama - Director - Directing
- 50577: Norman Panama - Writer - Writing
- 50567: Melvin Frank - Director - Directing
- 50567: Melvin Frank - Writer - Writing
- 4350: Edith Head - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 50577: Norman Panama - Producer - Production
- 7688: Ray Moyer - Set Decoration - Art
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With Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly dominating this genre, it's easy to forget that Danny Kaye was actually quite an accomplished dancer and singer - and he demonstrates that quite charismatically in this rather daft spy caper. Here he also reminds us of just how popular ventriloquists ....
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