If you've come of age in the late 20th century and early 21st century, then the movie directors whose work you've known has mainly been the likes of Steven Spielberg. Among the classic directors whom you might recognize are Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick. But there's a pair of British directors whom you might not know: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (often called the Archers). They made a number of renowned movies in the 1940s and 1950s. Similarly, a person nowadays might have never heard of Wendy Hiller. She was a fine actress of that era. So it makes sense that she and the Archers collaborated on a movie. That movie is 1945's "I Know Where I'm Going!".Wendy Hiller plays an affluent English woman headed to Scotland to marry an industrialist. When a violent storm forces her to spend the night in a coastal town, she meets a naval officer. From there, it's a battle between her head telling her that she's supposed to be with someone of her social class and her heart telling her that she should hook up with the man who treats her well.The movie isn't simply a love story. It addresses the class issues that were still ambient in the United Kingdom after their victory in World War II. Indeed, the industrialist is seen as the type of person who profiteered from the war (it made sense that after the war, UK voters went for the Labor Party, which proceeded to establish social programs such as the National Health Service). Wendy Hiller's character may be a well-to-do woman, but she's not an empty-headed one. In addition, we get some spectacular shots of the Scottish countryside, and an intense sequence on the Corryvreckan whirlpool (that storm sequence is one for the ages).Basically, it's an outstanding movie. Maybe not the greatest one ever made, but in an era when so many movies are excuses to blow things up, it's great to be able to see a movie that has a plot. I recommend it. Watch for a young Petula Clark as the daughter."You never know where you're going 'til you get there." - Sylvester the Cat in "Back Alley Oproar"

Joan Webster is an ambitious and stubborn middle-class English woman determined to move forward since her childhood. She meets her father in a fancy restaurant to tell him that she will marry the wealthy middle-aged industrial Robert Bellinger in Kiloran island, in the Hebrides Islands, Scotland.Martin Scorsese has said, "I reached the point of thinking there were no more masterpieces to discover, until I saw I Know Where I'm Going!" Now, with all due respect to Scorsese, I would not call this a masterpiece. But it is definitely a solid entry in Michael Powell's filmography. The story is very moving.What was interesting is that I watched this as a double feature with "Edge of the World", completely by accident. But they go together perfectly, both focused on the seaside world of the Outer Hebrides. While the plots do not necessarily go together, the atmosphere does, and that makes it perfect.

Wendy Hiller (Joan) tells her father that she knows where she is going as she sets off on a journey by train to the Scottish Isle of Kiloran where she is to marry a wealthy businessman for his money. However, she can't make it to the island due to stormy weather so stays at a neighbouring island until the storm has passed and she can continue her journey. It is here that she meets Roger Livesey (Torquil) and other island characters. Love is in the air with Livesey.The film keeps the audience watching as it has a different setting, a good stormy atmosphere and we wait for the inevitable attempt to cross to the island despite the dangers, especially the Corryvreckan whirlpool. However, there is no-one in the cast to root for as they are all unlike-able characters. Livesey is alright but he's a bit of a slimeball, so I can't relate to him. Hiller is up her bottom and thoroughly selfish and calls her father "darling" which is totally unacceptable. Other characters have awful accents which grates on the ears.The story moves forward slowly and is never really interesting until they attempt a crossing. Can the whirlpool get them? Come on, whirlpool…..!

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's romance film follows the story of Joan Webster (Wendy Hiller), a young middle class Englishwoman with ambitions. She thinks that she knows where she's going as she intends to travel to the Hebrides to marry Sir Robert Bellinger, a very wealthy industrialist. She encounters many complications that inhibit her from travelling to Kiloran upon her arrival on the Isle of Mull. This leads to her meeting Torquil MacNeil (Roger Livesey) with whom she makes a strong connection during her stay. The script itself doesn't exactly cause their connection or explicitly suggest the eventuality of a romance between the two. However, the on-screen chemistry between Hiller and Livesey enables the audience to make an allowance for that, and view it as an honest and realistic relationship. Overall, the film is well shot, presenting the audience with an aesthetically pleasing view of Scotland. On the whole, it is an enjoyable film.