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They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
Directed by Garson Kanin
“"I won't Do it! Joe...you and me...we can't. It'd be too awful-on account of Tony. I've got to marry Tony...just as soon as he gets well!"”
Drama, Romance · 1h 36m
While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of his own, which leads to complications when she accepts his marriage proposal.
Cast
Carole Lombard
Amy Peters
Charles Laughton
Tony Patucci
William Gargan
Joe
Harry Carey
The Doctor
Frank Fay
Father McKee
Joseph E. Bernard
The R.F.D.
J
Janet Fox
Mildred
Lee Tung Foo
Ah Gee, the Cook
Karl Malden
Red
Victor Kilian
The Photographer
D
Demetrius Alexis
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Ricca Allen
Mrs. Thing (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Garson Kanin
- Screenplay
- Robert Ardrey
- Director of Photography
- Harry Stradling Sr.
- Original Music Composer
- Alfred Newman
- Editor
- John Sturges
- Producer
- Erich Pommer
Details
- Release date
- 1940-10-19
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- RKO Radio Pictures