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1940

They Knew What They Wanted

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!"

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.

Duration

1h 36m

Released

October 19, 1940

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5.8

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Cast26

  • Carole Lombard
  • Charles Laughton
  • William Gargan
  • Harry Carey
  • Frank Fay
  • Joseph E. Bernard
  • Janet Fox
  • Lee Tung Foo
  • Karl Malden

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