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

Directors:

Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger

Writers:

Michael Powell (written by) and
Emeric Pressburger (written by)

Release Date:

9 August 1947 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Joan Webster is an ambitious and stubborn middle-class English woman determined to move forward since her childhood...

Plot Keywords:

Island | Love | Nature | Restaurant | Naval Officer

Cast

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
Ian Sadler	...	Iain
Donald Strachan	...	Shepherd
John Rae	...	Old Shepherd
Duncan McIntyre	...	His Son
Ivy Milton	...	Peigi
Anthony Eustrel	...	Hooper (as Antony Eustrel)
Petula Clark	...	Cheril
Alec Faversham	...	Martin
Herbert Lomas	...	Mr. Campbell
Kitty Kirwan	...	Mrs. Campbell
Graham Moffatt	...	R.A.F. Sergeant
Boyd Steven	...	Singer in the Céilidh
Maxwell Kennedy	...	Singer in the Céilidh
Jean Houston	...	Singer in the Céilidh
Arthur Chesney	...	Harmonica Player
Mr. Ramshaw	...	Torquil, the Eagle
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Duncan MacKechnie	...	Captain 'Lochinvar' (as Captain Duncan MacKechnie)
Erik	...	Spaniel (uncredited)
Neil MacKechnie	...	Driver of Bus to Tobermory (uncredited)
Malcolm MacKellaig	...	David MacBrayn's Agent at Oban / Dancer at the Ceilidh (uncredited)
Spangle	...	Spaniel (uncredited)

Directed by
Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger

Writing credits
Michael Powell		(written by) and
Emeric Pressburger		(written by)

Produced by
George R. Busby	....	assistant producer (as George Busby)
Michael Powell	....	producer
Emeric Pressburger	....	producer

Original Music by
Allan Gray

Cinematography by
Erwin Hillier		(photographed by) (as Erwin Hiller)

Film Editing by
John Seabourne Sr.		(as John Seabourne)

Casting by
Pat MacDonnell		(uncredited)
Adele Raymond		(uncredited)

Production Design by
Alfred Junge

Art Direction by
Alfred Junge		(uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John Tunstall	....	assistant director
Bill Herlihy	....	second assistant director (uncredited)
Parry Jones Jr.	....	third assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Harold Hurdell	....	draughtsman (uncredited)
William Kellner	....	draughtsman (uncredited)
David Rawnsley	....	tank constructor (uncredited)
Ward Richards	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Alfred Roberts	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Elliot Scott	....	draughtsman (uncredited)

Sound Department
C.C. Stevens	....	recorded by (as C.C.Stevens)
T. Bagley	....	sound (uncredited)
Peter Davies	....	dubbing sound camera (uncredited)
Roy Day	....	sound maintenance: exteriors (uncredited)
Gordon K. McCallum	....	sound (uncredited)
Fred Ryan	....	assistant boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Henry Harris	....	special effects
George Blackwell	....	additional special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
W. Percy Day	....	matte painter (uncredited)
Charles Staffell	....	back projection (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Cecil Cooney	....	camera operator
Eric Besche	....	focus puller (uncredited)
Jim Body	....	focus puller (uncredited)
Fred Daniels	....	still photographer: portraits (uncredited)
Max Rosher	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Sidney Hayers	....	second assistant editor (uncredited)
Jim Pople	....	second assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Walter Goehr	....	conductor
Robert Farnon	....	music arranger: choral music (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Ian Mackenzie	....	transportation: diesel motorboat (uncredited)

Other crew
Michael Powell	....	presenter
Emeric Pressburger	....	presenter
Hugh S. Robertson	....	principal: The Glasgow Orpheus Choir (as Sir Hugh Roberton)
Paddy Arnold	....	continuity (uncredited)
C.W.R. Knight	....	falconry advisor (uncredited)
Vivienne Knight	....	publicist (uncredited)
Bill Paton	....	assistant: Mr Powell (uncredited)
Jimmy Robb	....	catering services: rabbits for the eagle (uncredited)

Thanks
John Laurie	....	we gratefully acknowledge our debt to in the Céilidh Sequences
Malcolm MacKellaig	....	we gratefully acknowledge our debt to as Gaelic Adviser
Ian Mackenzie	....	we gratefully acknowledge our debt to (as Ian McKenzie of Iona)

Production Companies

• Archers, The (as A Production of the Archers)
• Rank Organisation, The

Distributors

• Eagle-Lion Distributors Limited (1945) (UK) (theatrical)
• General Film Distributors (GFD) (1945) (UK) (theatrical) (as General Film Distributors Ltd.)
• Universal Pictures (1947) (USA) (theatrical)
• Filmex (1947) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1956) (USA) (TV)
• Criterion Collection, The (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Divisa Home Video (2011) (Spain) (DVD)

Other Companies

• D&P Studios  logo (as D & P Studios)
• Glasgow Orpheus Choir  choir (as Members of The Glasgow Orpheus Choir)
• Many friends on Colonsay and on the Island of Mull, and to true Scotsmen everwhere  we gratefully acknowledge our debt to

Also Known As:

"IKWIG" - International (English title) (informal short title)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Gaelic

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric)

Certification:

Australia:G | USA:Not Rated | Netherlands:AL (original rating) (1947) | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:U (video rating) (1991) (1996) | UK:U (original rating) (passed with cuts) | UK:U (re-release) (2005)

Filming Locations:

Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK

Company:

Archers, The

Trivia:

'Margot FitzSimons', who played Bridie in the film, is screen legend Maureen O'Hara's younger sister.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: 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.

Quotes:

Torquil MacNeil:She wouldn't see a pound note from one pensions day to another.
Joan Webster:People around here are very poor I suppose.
Torquil MacNeil:Not poor, they just haven't got money.
Joan Webster:It's the same thing.
Torquil MacNeil:Oh no, it's something quite different.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Despicable Me/The Kids Are All Right (#2.24)" (2010)

Soundtrack:

Chorus

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?