They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
"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!"
89 min
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.
- Release date
- October 19, 1940
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Alfred Newman
Cast
- Carole Lombard as Amy Peters
- Charles Laughton as Tony Patucci
- William Gargan as Joe
- Harry Carey as The Doctor
- Frank Fay as Father McKee
- Joseph E. Bernard as The R.F.D.
- Janet Fox as Mildred
- Lee Tong Foo as Ah Gee, the Cook
- Karl Malden as Red
- Victor Kilian as The Photographer
Crew
- Garson Kanin · Director
- Robert Ardrey · Writer
- Sidney Howard · Writer
- Erich Pommer · Producer
- Alfred Newman · Composer
- Harry Stradling Sr. · Cinematographer
- John Sturges · Editor