The Only Thing You Know

The Only Thing You Know
Directed byClarke Mackey
Written byClarke Mackey
Produced byClarke Mackey
StarringAnn Knox
Allan Royal
John Denos
Hugh McIntyre
Eileen McIntyre
CinematographyPaul Lang
Edited byIain Ewing
Clarke Mackey
Rebecca Schechter
Music byPaul Craven
Iain Ewing
Distributed byCanadian Filmmakers' Distribution Centre
Release date
  • 1971 (1971)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The Only Thing You Know is a 1971 Canadian drama film, directed by Clarke Mackey.[1]

Described by critics as a female version of the 1964 film Nobody Waved Good-bye,[2] the film stars Ann Knox as Ann, a teenager who is dissatisfied with her suburban Toronto life.[3] Striking out on her own, she moves in with her boyfriend Scott (Allan Royal) in the downtown St. James Town neighbourhood, but becomes embroiled in a complex love triangle with Scott and his friend Paul (John Denos).[4]

The film's cast also includes Hugh McIntyre and Eileen McIntyre as Ann's parents.

  1. ^ "Celebrated film finally gets its due". Queen's Journal, October 20, 2006.
  2. ^ Geoff Pevere, "Toronto on Film: Part 7". Toronto Star, September 14, 2009.
  3. ^ "Young Torontonian makes perceptive movie". Toronto Star, June 2, 1972.
  4. ^ "Only Thing You Know: pleasing growing pains". The Globe and Mail, June 5, 1972.