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* ExcitedShowTitle: ''I Know Where I'm Going!''

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Since her childhood, Joan Webster (Creator/WendyHiller) knows what she wants and how to get it. At 25, she becomes [[{{Golddigger}} engaged to Robert Bellinger]], a rich, middle-aged industrialist of Consolidated Chemical Industries, who lives in the Scottish Hebrides on the island of Kiloran. Saying goodbye to her beloved father, she sets off on a long journey to the Isles, readying herself for an organized and secluded life. But something stops her plans; she’s trapped on Port Erraig on the Isle of Mull--just a few miles from Kiloran-- due to an impending gale. Staying at a local’s house, she meets Torquil [=MacNeil=] (Roger Livesey), a navy man on 8 days leave who’s waiting to go home to Kiloran.

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Since her childhood, Joan Webster (Creator/WendyHiller) knows what she wants and how to get it. At 25, she becomes [[{{Golddigger}} engaged to Robert Bellinger]], a rich, middle-aged industrialist of Consolidated Chemical Industries, who lives in the Scottish Hebrides on the island of Kiloran. Saying goodbye to her beloved father, she sets off on a long journey to the Isles, readying herself for an organized and secluded life. But something stops her plans; she’s she's trapped on Port Erraig on the Isle of Mull--just a few miles from Kiloran-- due to an impending gale. Staying at a local’s local's house, she meets Torquil [=MacNeil=] (Roger Livesey), a navy man on 8 days leave who’s who's waiting to go home to Kiloran.




* BigFancyHouse: The Robinson’s house: The Castle of Sorne.
* BoyishShortHair: This reflects Joan’s very determined nature and her business-like treatment of others.

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\n* BigFancyHouse: The Robinson’s Robinson's house: The Castle of Sorne.
* BoyishShortHair: This reflects Joan’s Joan's very determined nature and her business-like treatment of others.



* DaddysGirl: Joan affectionately calls her father “darling”.
* DreamSequence: A surreal one while Joan is on the train to the Hebrides: we see her wedding dress swinging along in its protective plastic, and then disappearing. She’s then married off by a priest to Consolidated Chemical Industries.

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* DaddysGirl: Joan affectionately calls her father “darling”."darling".
* DreamSequence: A surreal one while Joan is on the train to the Hebrides: we see her wedding dress swinging along in its protective plastic, and then disappearing. She’s She's then married off by a priest to Consolidated Chemical Industries.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Torquil tells her the legend of Corryvreckan, the second biggest whirlpool in Europe. They’re almost drowned by it.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Torquil tells her the legend of Corryvreckan, the second biggest whirlpool in Europe. They’re They're almost drowned by it.



* HereditaryCurse: It’s a terrible curse for any [=MacNeil=] who crosses the threshold of Moy Castle. “This is the curse of Catriona [=MacLaine=] of Erraig: My curse on [=MacNeil=] of Kiloran and every [=MacNeil=] after him, if he shall ever cross the threshold of Moy, he’ll never leave a free man. He shall be chained to a woman to the end of his days and shall die in his chains.” Cue to a running Joan to meet Torquil. Not quite so terrible after all.
* IceQueen: Joan is fairly cool made worse because she’s out of her element.
* LandPoor: Torquil [=MacNeil=]: specifically, Land Rich, Cash Poor, since he is the laird of Kiloran, but has no money and needs to rent it out to Bellinger, Joan’s husband-to-be.
* LastKiss: Torquil and Joan’s when she’s getting ready to leave for Kiloran. But that’s not ‘’really’’ the last kiss. A BigDamnKiss, at that.

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* HereditaryCurse: It’s It's a terrible curse for any [=MacNeil=] who crosses the threshold of Moy Castle. “This "This is the curse of Catriona [=MacLaine=] of Erraig: My curse on [=MacNeil=] of Kiloran and every [=MacNeil=] after him, if he shall ever cross the threshold of Moy, he’ll he'll never leave a free man. He shall be chained to a woman to the end of his days and shall die in his chains." Cue to a running Joan to meet Torquil. Not quite so terrible after all.
* IceQueen: Joan is fairly cool made worse because she’s she's out of her element.
* LandPoor: Torquil [=MacNeil=]: specifically, Land Rich, Cash Poor, since he is the laird of Kiloran, but has no money and needs to rent it out to Bellinger, Joan’s Joan's husband-to-be.
* LastKiss: Torquil and Joan’s Joan's when she’s she's getting ready to leave for Kiloran. But that’s that's not ‘’really’’ ''really'' the last kiss. A BigDamnKiss, at that.



-->'''Torquil''': Got any beams in your room?
-->'''Joan''': Yes. Why?
-->'''Torquil''': Count them before you go to sleep, your wish will come true. […] I warn you it doesn’t work if you don’t believe in it.

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-->'''Torquil''': Got any beams in your room?
-->'''Joan''':
room?\\
'''Joan''':
Yes. Why?
-->'''Torquil''':
Why?\\
'''Torquil''':
Count them before you go to sleep, your wish will come true. […] I warn you it doesn’t doesn't work if you don’t don't believe in it.



* MegaMaelstrom: While on the tiny boat to Kiloran, the boat’s engines get flooded. It’s bad, but it becomes much, much worse when they hear the Corryvreckan whirlpool, meaning they’re close to an impending disaster. Joan, Tourquil, and Kenny make it back, all exhausted.

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* MegaMaelstrom: While on the tiny boat to Kiloran, the boat’s boat's engines get flooded. It’s It's bad, but it becomes much, much worse when they hear the Corryvreckan whirlpool, meaning they’re they're close to an impending disaster. Joan, Tourquil, and Kenny make it back, all exhausted.



* OutdoorsyGal: Torquil’s childhood friend, Catriona, is the polar opposite of Joan as she goes hunting, throws things around, and generally loves the outdoors.

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* OutdoorsyGal: Torquil’s Torquil's childhood friend, Catriona, is the polar opposite of Joan as she goes hunting, throws things around, and generally loves the outdoors.



* RunningGag: Colonel Barnstaple, Torquil’s friend, is a falconer who lost an eagle he was training. Needless to say, shenanigans happen with said eagle.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Tourquil eventually enters Moy Castle, reads the curse, knows he can’t avoid his fate now, and runs to meet Joan.

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* RunningGag: Colonel Barnstaple, Torquil’s Torquil's friend, is a falconer who lost an eagle he was training. Needless to say, shenanigans happen with said eagle.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Tourquil eventually enters Moy Castle, reads the curse, knows he can’t can't avoid his fate now, and runs to meet Joan.



-->'''Torquil''': That’s a fine song: Ho ro my nut-brown maiden, Hee ree my nut-brown maiden,Ho ro ro maiden,''(looks directly at Joan)'' You’re the maid for me.

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-->'''Torquil''': That’s That's a fine song: Ho ro my nut-brown maiden, Hee ree my nut-brown maiden,Ho ro ro maiden,''(looks directly at Joan)'' You’re You're the maid for me.me.

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* HostileWeather: The gale produces strong winds, and whips the sea around dangerously, making it impossible to safely sail to Kiloran.

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* HostileWeather: The gale produces strong winds, winds and whips the sea around dangerously, making it impossible to safely sail to Kiloran.



* IceQueen: Joan is fairly cool, especially since she’s out of her element.

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* IceQueen: Joan is fairly cool, especially since cool made worse because she’s out of her element.
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* BoyishShortHair: This reflects Joan’s very determined nature, and her often business-like treatment of others.
* BreakTheHaughty: Joan thinks that everything begins and ends with money; she persuades young Kenny, who needs 20 pounds to marry his sweetheart, to boat across the perilous waters to Kiloran in an idiotic attempt to get away from Torquil. Joan finds out that she not only put herself in danger, but that of Kenny and Torquil. They survive the ordeal, and make it make it back to Mull, but Joan is obviously taken down a peg for her mistake.

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* BoyishShortHair: This reflects Joan’s very determined nature, nature and her often business-like treatment of others.
* BreakTheHaughty: Joan thinks that everything begins and ends with money; money: she persuades young Kenny, who needs 20 pounds to marry his sweetheart, to boat across the perilous waters to Kiloran in an idiotic attempt to get away from Torquil. Joan finds out that she not only put puts herself in danger, but that of danger and Kenny and Torquil. They survive the ordeal, and make it make it back to Mull, but Joan is obviously taken down a peg for her mistake.
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[[caption-width-right:324:I Know Where I'm Going!]]
From the acclaimed directors/producers/writers Creator/MichaelPowell and Emeric Pressburger, comes a magical RomanticComedy, ''I Know Where I’m Going!'' (1945).

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From the acclaimed directors/producers/writers Creator/MichaelPowell and Emeric Pressburger, comes a magical RomanticComedy, ''I Know Where I’m I'm Going!'' (1945).
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* GilliganCut: The ship captain taking her to the Hebrides tells Joan "it's a sublime day!" This is immediately followed by a clap of thunder and rain.

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* OutdoorsyGal: Torquil’s childhood friend, Catriona, is the polar opposite of Joan as she goes hunting, throws things around, and generally loves the outdoors.



* OutdoorsyGal: Torquil’s childhood friend, Catriona, is the polar opposite of Joan as she goes hunting, throws things around, and generally loves the outdoors.

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* OutdoorsyGal: Torquil’s childhood friend, Catriona, is TitleDrop: At the polar opposite end of the TrainStationGoodbye as Joan as she goes hunting, throws things around, and generally loves says goodbye to her father, the outdoors. train taking her off to get married.

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* BreakTheHaughty: Joan thinks that everything begins and ends with money; she persuades young Kenny, who needs 20 pounds to marry his sweetheart, to boat across the perilous waters to Kiloran in an idiotic attempt to get away from Torquil. [[spoiler: Joan finds out that she not only put herself in danger, but that of Kenny and Torquil. They survive the ordeal, and make it make it back to Mull, but Joan is obviously taken down a peg for her mistake.]]

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* BreakTheHaughty: Joan thinks that everything begins and ends with money; she persuades young Kenny, who needs 20 pounds to marry his sweetheart, to boat across the perilous waters to Kiloran in an idiotic attempt to get away from Torquil. [[spoiler: Joan finds out that she not only put herself in danger, but that of Kenny and Torquil. They survive the ordeal, and make it make it back to Mull, but Joan is obviously taken down a peg for her mistake.]]mistake.
* CreditsGag: The credits are scattered around the scenery as the film opens with Joan in a TimePassesMontage. Bits of the credits are seen on the headboard of her crib, on her chalk slate, and on the side of the milk wagon.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Torquil tells her the legend of Corryvreckan, the second biggest whirlpool in Europe. [[spoiler: They’re almost drowned by it.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Torquil tells her the legend of Corryvreckan, the second biggest whirlpool in Europe. [[spoiler: They’re almost drowned by it.]]



* HereditaryCurse: It’s a terrible curse for any [=MacNeil=] who crosses the threshold of Moy Castle. [[spoiler: “This is the curse of Catriona [=MacLaine=] of Erraig: My curse on [=MacNeil=] of Kiloran and every [=MacNeil=] after him, if he shall ever cross the threshold of Moy, he’ll never leave a free man. He shall be chained to a woman to the end of his days and shall die in his chains.” Cue to a running Joan to meet Torquil. Not quite so terrible after all.]]

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* HereditaryCurse: It’s a terrible curse for any [=MacNeil=] who crosses the threshold of Moy Castle. [[spoiler: “This is the curse of Catriona [=MacLaine=] of Erraig: My curse on [=MacNeil=] of Kiloran and every [=MacNeil=] after him, if he shall ever cross the threshold of Moy, he’ll never leave a free man. He shall be chained to a woman to the end of his days and shall die in his chains.” Cue to a running Joan to meet Torquil. Not quite so terrible after all.]]



* LastKiss: Torquil and Joan’s when she’s getting ready to leave for Kiloran. [[spoiler: But that’s not ‘’really’’ the last kiss.]] A BigDamnKiss, at that.

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* LastKiss: Torquil and Joan’s when she’s getting ready to leave for Kiloran. [[spoiler: But that’s not ‘’really’’ the last kiss.]] kiss. A BigDamnKiss, at that.



* MegaMaelstrom: While on the tiny boat to Kiloran, the boat’s engines get flooded. It’s bad, but it becomes much, much worse when they hear the Corryvreckan whirlpool, meaning they’re close to an impending disaster. [[spoiler: Joan, Tourquil, and Kenny make it back, all exhausted.]]

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* MegaMaelstrom: While on the tiny boat to Kiloran, the boat’s engines get flooded. It’s bad, but it becomes much, much worse when they hear the Corryvreckan whirlpool, meaning they’re close to an impending disaster. [[spoiler: Joan, Tourquil, and Kenny make it back, all exhausted.]]



* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[spoiler: Tourquil eventually enters Moy Castle, reads the curse, knows he can’t avoid his fate now, and runs to meet Joan.]]
* SpitefulSpit: Ruairidh Mhór, man who runs the boat coming to and from Kiloran, does this after Kenny comes back [[spoiler: from his ill-fated trip to Kiloran with Joan and Torquil]], since Kenny recklessly did it without his permission. Poor Kenny then faints from pure exhaustion.

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* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[spoiler: Tourquil eventually enters Moy Castle, reads the curse, knows he can’t avoid his fate now, and runs to meet Joan.]]
Joan.
* SpitefulSpit: Ruairidh Mhór, man who runs the boat coming to and from Kiloran, does this after Kenny comes back [[spoiler: from his ill-fated trip to Kiloran with Joan and Torquil]], Torquil, since Kenny recklessly did it without his permission. Poor Kenny then faints from pure exhaustion.
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Since her childhood, Joan Webster (Wendy Hiller) knows what she wants and how to get it. At 25, she becomes [[{{Golddigger}} engaged to Robert Bellinger]], a rich, middle-aged industrialist of Consolidated Chemical Industries, who lives in the Scottish Hebrides on the island of Kiloran. Saying goodbye to her beloved father, she sets off on a long journey to the Isles, readying herself for an organized and secluded life. But something stops her plans; she’s trapped on Port Erraig on the Isle of Mull--just a few miles from Kiloran-- due to an impending gale. Staying at a local’s house, she meets Torquil [=MacNeil=] (Roger Livesey), a navy man on 8 days leave who’s waiting to go home to Kiloran.

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Since her childhood, Joan Webster (Wendy Hiller) (Creator/WendyHiller) knows what she wants and how to get it. At 25, she becomes [[{{Golddigger}} engaged to Robert Bellinger]], a rich, middle-aged industrialist of Consolidated Chemical Industries, who lives in the Scottish Hebrides on the island of Kiloran. Saying goodbye to her beloved father, she sets off on a long journey to the Isles, readying herself for an organized and secluded life. But something stops her plans; she’s trapped on Port Erraig on the Isle of Mull--just a few miles from Kiloran-- due to an impending gale. Staying at a local’s house, she meets Torquil [=MacNeil=] (Roger Livesey), a navy man on 8 days leave who’s waiting to go home to Kiloran.
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Since her childhood, [[EnglishRose Joan Webster]] (Wendy Hiller) knows what she wants and how to get it. At 25, she becomes [[{{Golddigger}} engaged to Robert Bellinger]], a rich, middle-aged industrialist of Consolidated Chemical Industries, who lives in the Scottish Hebrides on the island of Kiloran. Saying goodbye to her beloved father, she sets off on a long journey to the Isles, readying herself for an organized and secluded life. But something stops her plans; she’s trapped on Port Erraig on the Isle of Mull--just a few miles from Kiloran-- due to an impending gale. Staying at a local’s house, she meets Torquil [=MacNeil=] (Roger Livesey), a navy man on 8 days leave who’s waiting to go home to Kiloran.

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Since her childhood, [[EnglishRose Joan Webster]] Webster (Wendy Hiller) knows what she wants and how to get it. At 25, she becomes [[{{Golddigger}} engaged to Robert Bellinger]], a rich, middle-aged industrialist of Consolidated Chemical Industries, who lives in the Scottish Hebrides on the island of Kiloran. Saying goodbye to her beloved father, she sets off on a long journey to the Isles, readying herself for an organized and secluded life. But something stops her plans; she’s trapped on Port Erraig on the Isle of Mull--just a few miles from Kiloran-- due to an impending gale. Staying at a local’s house, she meets Torquil [=MacNeil=] (Roger Livesey), a navy man on 8 days leave who’s waiting to go home to Kiloran.
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--->'''Torquil''': Got any beams in your room?
--->'''Joan''': Yes. Why?
--->'''Torquil''': Count them before you go to sleep, your wish will come true. […] I warn you it doesn’t work if you don’t believe in it.

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--->'''Torquil''': -->'''Torquil''': Got any beams in your room?
--->'''Joan''': -->'''Joan''': Yes. Why?
--->'''Torquil''': -->'''Torquil''': Count them before you go to sleep, your wish will come true. […] I warn you it doesn’t work if you don’t believe in it.



--->'''Torquil''': That’s a fine song: Ho ro my nut-brown maiden, Hee ree my nut-brown maiden,Ho ro ro maiden,''(looks directly at Joan)'' You’re the maid for me.

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--->'''Torquil''': -->'''Torquil''': That’s a fine song: Ho ro my nut-brown maiden, Hee ree my nut-brown maiden,Ho ro ro maiden,''(looks directly at Joan)'' You’re the maid for me.
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* MatchCut: There's a match cut from a top hat to a steam train's chimney.
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Romantic tensions mount as they spend time together waiting out the gale, causing Joan to question her dream of marrying Bellinger, and make desperate attempts to get to Kiloran--weather permitting or not.

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Romantic tensions mount as they spend time together waiting out the gale, causing Joan to question her dream of marrying Bellinger, Bellinger and make desperate attempts to get to Kiloran--weather permitting or not.
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Since her childhood, [[EnglishRose Joan Webster]] knows what she wants and how to get it. At 25, she becomes [[{{Golddigger}} engaged to Robert Bellinger]], a rich, middle-aged industrialist of Consolidated Chemical Industries, who lives in the Scottish Hebrides on the island of Kiloran. Saying goodbye to her beloved father, she sets off on a long journey to the Isles, readying herself for an organized and secluded life. But something stops her plans; she’s trapped on Port Erraig on the Isle of Mull--just a few miles from Kiloran-- due to an impending gale. Staying at a local’s house, she meets Torquil [=MacNeil=], a navy man on 8 days leave who’s waiting to go home to Kiloran.

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Since her childhood, [[EnglishRose Joan Webster]] (Wendy Hiller) knows what she wants and how to get it. At 25, she becomes [[{{Golddigger}} engaged to Robert Bellinger]], a rich, middle-aged industrialist of Consolidated Chemical Industries, who lives in the Scottish Hebrides on the island of Kiloran. Saying goodbye to her beloved father, she sets off on a long journey to the Isles, readying herself for an organized and secluded life. But something stops her plans; she’s trapped on Port Erraig on the Isle of Mull--just a few miles from Kiloran-- due to an impending gale. Staying at a local’s house, she meets Torquil [=MacNeil=], [=MacNeil=] (Roger Livesey), a navy man on 8 days leave who’s waiting to go home to Kiloran.



--->'''Torquil''': That’s a fine song: Ho ro my nut-brown maiden, Hee ree my nut-brown maiden,Ho ro ro maiden,''(looks directly at Joan)'' You’re the maid for me.

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--->'''Torquil''': That’s a fine song: Ho ro my nut-brown maiden, Hee ree my nut-brown maiden,Ho ro ro maiden,''(looks directly at Joan)'' You’re the maid for me.
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Since her childhood, [[EnglishRose Joan Webster]] knows what she wants and how to get it. At 25, she becomes [[{{Golddigger}} engaged to Robert Bellinger]], a rich, middle-aged industrialist of Consolidated Chemical Industries, who lives in the Scottish Hebrides on the island of Kiloran. Saying goodbye to her beloved father, she sets off on a long journey to the Isles, readying herself for an organized and secluded life. But something stops her plans; she’s trapped on Port Erraig on the Isle of Mull just a few miles from Kiloran due to an impending gale. Staying at a local’s house, she meets Torquil [=MacNeil=], a navy man on 8 days leave who’s waiting to go home to Kiloran.

Romantic tensions mount as they spend time together, waiting out the gale, causing Joan to question her dreams of marrying Bellinger, and make desperate attempts to get to Kiloran weather permitting or not.

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Since her childhood, [[EnglishRose Joan Webster]] knows what she wants and how to get it. At 25, she becomes [[{{Golddigger}} engaged to Robert Bellinger]], a rich, middle-aged industrialist of Consolidated Chemical Industries, who lives in the Scottish Hebrides on the island of Kiloran. Saying goodbye to her beloved father, she sets off on a long journey to the Isles, readying herself for an organized and secluded life. But something stops her plans; she’s trapped on Port Erraig on the Isle of Mull just Mull--just a few miles from Kiloran Kiloran-- due to an impending gale. Staying at a local’s house, she meets Torquil [=MacNeil=], a navy man on 8 days leave who’s waiting to go home to Kiloran.

Romantic tensions mount as they spend time together, together waiting out the gale, causing Joan to question her dreams dream of marrying Bellinger, and make desperate attempts to get to Kiloran weather Kiloran--weather permitting or not.
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* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[Tourquil eventually enters Moy Castle, reads the curse, knows he can’t avoid his fate now, and runs to meet Joan.]]

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* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[Tourquil [[spoiler: Tourquil eventually enters Moy Castle, reads the curse, knows he can’t avoid his fate now, and runs to meet Joan.]]
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* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Bellinger is the owner of Consolidated Chemical Industries, and MacNeil is the poor laird who has to rent his beloved Kiloran to Bellinger.

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* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Bellinger is the owner of Consolidated Chemical Industries, and MacNeil Torquil [=MacNeil=] is the poor laird who has to rent his beloved Kiloran to Bellinger.
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* LandPoor: Torquil MacNeil: specifically, Land Rich, Cash Poor, since he is the laird of Kiloran, but has no money and needs to rent it out to Bellinger, Joan’s husband-to-be.

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* LandPoor: Torquil MacNeil: [=MacNeil=]: specifically, Land Rich, Cash Poor, since he is the laird of Kiloran, but has no money and needs to rent it out to Bellinger, Joan’s husband-to-be.

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From the acclaimed directors/producers/writers MichaelPowell and Emeric Pressburger, comes a magical RomanticComedy, ''I Know Where I’m Going!'' (1945).

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From the acclaimed directors/producers/writers MichaelPowell and Emeric Pressburger, comes a magical RomanticComedy, “I Know Where I’m Going!” (1945).

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From the acclaimed directors/producers/writers MichaelPowell and Emeric Pressburger, comes a magical RomanticComedy, “I ''I Know Where I’m Going!” Going!'' (1945).
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Since her childhood, [[EnglishRose Joan Webster]] knows what she wants and how to get it. At 25, she becomes [[{{Golddigger}} engaged to Robert Bellinger]], a rich, middle-aged industrialist of Consolidated Chemical Industries, who lives in the Scottish Hebrides on the island of Kiloran. Saying goodbye to her beloved father, she sets off on a long journey to the Isles, readying herself for an organized and secluded life. But something stops her plans; she’s trapped on Port Erraig on the Isle of Mull just a few miles from Kiloran due to an impending gale. Frustratingly, a small strip of sea is in her way. Staying at a local’s house, she meets Torquil [=MacNeil=], a navy man on 8 days leave who’s waiting to go home to Kiloran.

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Since her childhood, [[EnglishRose Joan Webster]] knows what she wants and how to get it. At 25, she becomes [[{{Golddigger}} engaged to Robert Bellinger]], a rich, middle-aged industrialist of Consolidated Chemical Industries, who lives in the Scottish Hebrides on the island of Kiloran. Saying goodbye to her beloved father, she sets off on a long journey to the Isles, readying herself for an organized and secluded life. But something stops her plans; she’s trapped on Port Erraig on the Isle of Mull just a few miles from Kiloran due to an impending gale. Frustratingly, a small strip of sea is in her way. Staying at a local’s house, she meets Torquil [=MacNeil=], a navy man on 8 days leave who’s waiting to go home to Kiloran.
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* Daddy’sGirl: Joan affectionately calls her father “darling”.

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* Daddy’sGirl: DaddysGirl: Joan affectionately calls her father “darling”.
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From the acclaimed directors/producers/writers MichaelPowell and Emeric Pressburger, comes a magical RomanticComedy, “I Know Where I’m Going!” (1945).

Since her childhood, [[EnglishRose Joan Webster]] knows what she wants and how to get it. At 25, she becomes [[{{Golddigger}} engaged to Robert Bellinger]], a rich, middle-aged industrialist of Consolidated Chemical Industries, who lives in the Scottish Hebrides on the island of Kiloran. Saying goodbye to her beloved father, she sets off on a long journey to the Isles, readying herself for an organized and secluded life. But something stops her plans; she’s trapped on Port Erraig on the Isle of Mull just a few miles from Kiloran due to an impending gale. Frustratingly, a small strip of sea is in her way. Staying at a local’s house, she meets Torquil [=MacNeil=], a navy man on 8 days leave who’s waiting to go home to Kiloran.

Romantic tensions mount as they spend time together, waiting out the gale, causing Joan to question her dreams of marrying Bellinger, and make desperate attempts to get to Kiloran weather permitting or not.
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* BigFancyHouse: The Robinson’s house: The Castle of Sorne.
* BoyishShortHair: This reflects Joan’s very determined nature, and her often business-like treatment of others.
* BreakTheHaughty: Joan thinks that everything begins and ends with money; she persuades young Kenny, who needs 20 pounds to marry his sweetheart, to boat across the perilous waters to Kiloran in an idiotic attempt to get away from Torquil. [[spoiler: Joan finds out that she not only put herself in danger, but that of Kenny and Torquil. They survive the ordeal, and make it make it back to Mull, but Joan is obviously taken down a peg for her mistake.]]
* Daddy’sGirl: Joan affectionately calls her father “darling”.
* DreamSequence: A surreal one while Joan is on the train to the Hebrides: we see her wedding dress swinging along in its protective plastic, and then disappearing. She’s then married off by a priest to Consolidated Chemical Industries.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Torquil tells her the legend of Corryvreckan, the second biggest whirlpool in Europe. [[spoiler: They’re almost drowned by it.]]
* {{Golddigger}}: Although Joan is a fairly light example of one, she literally dreams of being married to Consolidated Chemical Industries.
* HostileWeather: The gale produces strong winds, and whips the sea around dangerously, making it impossible to safely sail to Kiloran.
* HereditaryCurse: It’s a terrible curse for any [=MacNeil=] who crosses the threshold of Moy Castle. [[spoiler: “This is the curse of Catriona [=MacLaine=] of Erraig: My curse on [=MacNeil=] of Kiloran and every [=MacNeil=] after him, if he shall ever cross the threshold of Moy, he’ll never leave a free man. He shall be chained to a woman to the end of his days and shall die in his chains.” Cue to a running Joan to meet Torquil. Not quite so terrible after all.]]
* IceQueen: Joan is fairly cool, especially since she’s out of her element.
* LandPoor: Torquil MacNeil: specifically, Land Rich, Cash Poor, since he is the laird of Kiloran, but has no money and needs to rent it out to Bellinger, Joan’s husband-to-be.
* LastKiss: Torquil and Joan’s when she’s getting ready to leave for Kiloran. [[spoiler: But that’s not ‘’really’’ the last kiss.]] A BigDamnKiss, at that.
* MakeAWish: Tourquil tells Joan an interesting way to make a wish:
--->'''Torquil''': Got any beams in your room?
--->'''Joan''': Yes. Why?
--->'''Torquil''': Count them before you go to sleep, your wish will come true. […] I warn you it doesn’t work if you don’t believe in it.
* ManInAKilt: Torquil wears his often while travelling around with Joan.
* MegaMaelstrom: While on the tiny boat to Kiloran, the boat’s engines get flooded. It’s bad, but it becomes much, much worse when they hear the Corryvreckan whirlpool, meaning they’re close to an impending disaster. [[spoiler: Joan, Tourquil, and Kenny make it back, all exhausted.]]
* NaiveNewcomer: Joan to the Scottish Hebrides, Kiloran, and Scottish traditions.
* PluckyComicRelief: The Colonel and his hawks, and missing eagle.
* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Bellinger is the owner of Consolidated Chemical Industries, and MacNeil is the poor laird who has to rent his beloved Kiloran to Bellinger.
* RunningGag: Colonel Barnstaple, Torquil’s friend, is a falconer who lost an eagle he was training. Needless to say, shenanigans happen with said eagle.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[Tourquil eventually enters Moy Castle, reads the curse, knows he can’t avoid his fate now, and runs to meet Joan.]]
* SpitefulSpit: Ruairidh Mhór, man who runs the boat coming to and from Kiloran, does this after Kenny comes back [[spoiler: from his ill-fated trip to Kiloran with Joan and Torquil]], since Kenny recklessly did it without his permission. Poor Kenny then faints from pure exhaustion.
* OutdoorsyGal: Torquil’s childhood friend, Catriona, is the polar opposite of Joan as she goes hunting, throws things around, and generally loves the outdoors.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Torquil reciting a Scottish folk song:
--->'''Torquil''': That’s a fine song: Ho ro my nut-brown maiden, Hee ree my nut-brown maiden,Ho ro ro maiden,''(looks directly at Joan)'' You’re the maid for me.

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