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Synopsis: Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has to see another love affair fail. 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 doll maker 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.
Genre: Comedy
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
PASSED
Year:
1954
103 min
168 Views


No, no, no. You mustn't touch.

Wait until the glue dries.

I'm sure it's a good one.

- Yeah.

Cos I'd hate you to think I keep

breaking these dummies all the time.

But the peculiar thing is, I keep

breaking them only when I'm in love.

At least Marty thinks it peculiar,

that's why we are going to see

this doctor in Switzerland tonight.

- Remember, the glue!

- Yeah.

Mr Papinek, you are a Frenchman,

and the French is supposed

to know about these things...

I'd like to ask you something. How

can you tell when you're really in love?

- Remember, you must not touch.

- Not even if you're in love?

Not until the glue hardens.

Not until the glue harden?

Well, thanks again. I'll send you

some money from Switzerland.

Now, go to your place, call

Zurich, contact Gromek.

Gromek? Why don't

we call him from here?

I'm sure my calls

are being intercepted.

Tell Gromek, when he gets

the plans, I'll meet him in London.

All right.

Please.

Hurry!

Stop!

I wish to contact...

a Mr Laszlo Gromek.

No, no. Gromek,

G - R - O - M - E - K.

Yes, yes, this is Gromek.

Go on.

The merchandise leaves tonight.

Tonight? Go on...

What's wrong with you?

The twelve o'clock plane for Zurich.

It is carried by the

red-headed ventriloquist...

Red-headed ventriloquist?

Red-headed ventriloquist?

Red-headed ventriloquist?

Red-headed ventri...

We have a lead, sir.

An American ventriloquist, named

Jerry Morgan, who does have red hair,

holds an engagement tonight

at "La Poule d'Or"

He's got passage for

Zurich on a midnight plane.

- See that we are on that plane.

- Yes, sir.

- Good evening.

- Good evening.

Oh, please keep your coat, sir.

Our heating system is

temporarily out of order.

Silliest thing I ever heard of.

Fasten your seat belt, these

midnight trips to Switzerland.

Will you lay off, I'm the one who should

be complaining. You know how I get.

Well, stop complaining.

You're not going to be sick.

It's all mental. Just don't

think about it. You'll be alright.

- Oop, I'm terribly sorry.

- Oh, that's quite alright.

Passengers would you

please take your seats.

- Are you sure you got hotel reservations?

- Only the best, the Zonenhof.

- You get two rooms?

- Two rooms. - Good.

We had to sleep in the same room

with that deviated septum of yours...

Stop worrying, will you?

- Do you feel all right?

- I feel fine, fine...

- How is your stomach?

- Okay, just don't talk about it.

We are taking off. Please make sure

you have fastened your seat belt.

Yeah, you better

fasten your seat belt.

Now forget your stomach.

It's all mental...

Oop!

What are you doing?

Nothing... I just fastened my belt.

- Then, please, unfasten it.

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Norman Panama

Norman Kaye Panama (April 21, 1914 – January 13, 2003) was an American screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois. He collaborated with a former schoolfriend, Melvin Frank, to form a writing partnership which endured for three decades. He also wrote gags for comedians such as Bob Hope's radio program and for Groucho Marx. The most famous films he directed were Li'l Abner (1959), the Danny Kaye film The Court Jester (1956), and the Bob Hope film How to Commit Marriage (1969). He wrote Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), Road to Utopia (1946), and The Court Jester, among other movies. He won an Edgar Award for A Talent for Murder (1981), a play he co-wrote with Jerome Chodorov. Panama continued to write and direct through the 1980s. He died in 2003 in Los Angeles, California, aged 88, from complications of Parkinson's disease. more…

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