I Know Where I'm Going!

I Know Where I'm Going!

9/8/1947 1h 31m 7.1/10

Overview

Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever.

Director

Michael Powell

Top Billed Cast

Roger Livesey

Roger Livesey

Torquil MacNeil

Wendy Hiller

Wendy Hiller

Joan Webster

Finlay Currie

Finlay Currie

Ruairidh Mhór

Pamela Brown

Pamela Brown

Catriona

Nancy Price

Nancy Price

Mrs. Crozier

George Carney

George Carney

Mr. Webster

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7/1/2022

7/10

This is a cracking outing for Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey. The former is a young Englishwoman who gets engaged to an older, much wealthier businessman who invites her to join him on a remote Hebridean island. She arrives at an adjacent island, but is hemmed in by bad gales and so has to remain. During her enforced stay, she begins to socialise with the locals - including Livesey (the wonderfully Scottish "Torquil MacNeill") and despite herself she begins to fall for him and panic ensues. Powell & Pressburger have created a gentle, engaging romantic adventure film; well written with some great characters (John Laurie & Finlay Currie amongst them) that - along with the terrible weather - elicit a genuine feeling of the remoteness of these Scottish Islands and of the hospitality and canniness of their people. Peppered with humour and with a nail-biting ending, this is a super watch; one of their better films in my book.

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