They Knew What They Wanted

Year: 1940

Runtime: 96 mins

Language: English

Director: Garson Kanin

DramaRomance

“I won’t do it, Joe…you and me…we can’t. It’d be too awful—on account of Tony. I have to marry Tony…as soon as he gets well!” In the story, a prosperous farmer courting a young woman by correspondence deceives her by sending a photograph of his foreman instead of himself. When she accepts his marriage proposal, the mistaken identity creates a series of comic complications.

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