'I Know Where I'm Going!' (1945)

Joan Webster is an ambitious and stubborn middle-class English woman determined to move forward since her childhood. She meets her father in a fancy restaurant to tell him that she will ... See full summary »

Directors:

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Writers:

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Stars:

Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, Pamela Brown

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Wendy Hiller	...	Joan Webster
Roger Livesey	...	Torquil MacNeil
Pamela Brown	...	Catriona
Finlay Currie	...	Ruairidh Mhór
George Carney	...	Mr. Webster
Nancy Price	...	Mrs. Crozier
Catherine Lacey	...	Mrs. Robinson
Jean Cadell	...	Postmistress
John Laurie	...	John Campbell
Valentine Dyall	...	Mr. Robinson
Norman Shelley	...	Sir Robert Bellinger (on radio telephone) (voice)
Margot Fitzsimons	...	Bridie
Murdo Morrison	...	Kenny
C.W.R. Knight	...	Colonel Barnstaple (as Captain C.W.R. Knight F.Z.S.)
Walter Hudd	...	Hunter

Storyline

Joan Webster is an ambitious and stubborn middle-class English woman determined to move forward since her childhood. She meets her father in a fancy restaurant to tell him that she will marry the wealthy middle-aged industrial Robert Bellinger in Kiloran island, in the Hebrides Islands, Scotland. She travels from Manchester to the island of Mull, where she stays trapped due to the windy weather. While in the island, she meets Torquil McNeil and as the days go by they fall in love with each other.

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Plot Keywords:

island | love | restaurant | marriage | nature | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English Scottish Gaelic

Release Date:

9 August 1947 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ich weiß wohin ich gehe

Filming Locations:

Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK

Box Office

Budget:

£200,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Archers, The, Rank Organisation, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

C.W.R. Knight was a real life falconer and trained the golden eagle "Torquil" in this film.

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Goofs

In the opening credits, as the factory gate swings shut the top bar on it is partially obscured by the hanging miniature that adds another floor to the factory - which is really the front offices of Denham Studios.

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Quotes

Torquil MacNeil: Still got those half starved hounds? How on earth do you manage to feed 'em?
Catriona Potts: Oh we live off the country. Rabbits, deer, a stray hiker or two.

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Crazy Credits

We gratefully acknowledge our debt to Ian Mackenzie of Iona, Malcolm MacKellaig as Gaelic adviser, John Laurie in the Ceilidh Sequences, many friends on Colonsay and on the Island of Mull, and to true Scotsmen everywhere.

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Connections

Featured in I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited (1994)

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Soundtracks

"Chorus"
Performed by the Glasgow Orpheus Choir

User Reviews

There's not much to say about this film, apart from the fact that it's gorgeous and irrestistable

Two things, though, you should watch for:

(1) Our first glimpse of Scotland comes as part of the heroine's queer dream on the train: we see a series of friendly rounded hills, all made out of tartan. It's a lovely image. It's also our first hint that our heroine has even the tiniest bit of romanticism about her. It later takes every force of man and nature in the real Scotland to bring it out.

(2) The locals she stays with are a nice bunch. They're not cloyingly sweet; but Powell and Pressburger don't present us with insularity and narrow-mindedness as if such traits are meant to be endearing, in the way that so many hymns of praise to small communities do. Anyway: watch for the cameo given to Petula Clark, that young girl with glasses. She only gets a few lines, but it's a great part.

This is only the second Powell/Pressburger film I've seen (and only the fourth film of Powell's). I'm impressed. Are they all this good?