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John Wayne called this 1966 movie the best film he has ever seen
In fifth place was his Irish romantic comedy The Quiet Man, followed in fourth ...
Daily Express
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‘It made him an A-lister’: John Ford’s breakthrough film The Iron Horse at 100
Ford remains the most Oscar-decorated director ever, notching up four awards for feature films – The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1...
The Guardian
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The Quiet Man (1952) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The Quiet Man is a 1952 American [ 2] romantic comedy-drama film directed and produced by John Ford, and starring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen, Barry Fitzgerald, and Ward Bond.
The Quiet Man - Full Cast & Crew. A strapping Irish-American boxer (John Wayne) returns to the old sod to forget a tragic event in his prizefighting past and falls in love with the feisty...
- John Ford
Howard Wilson. T.A. Carman. Frank S. Nugent. Maurice Walsh. John Ford. An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.
- Naming Process
- Original Title
- Rough Shoot
- Personal Favourite
- Irish Tongue
- Truly An Emerald Isle
- Historical Criticism
- Classic Pairing
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- Cottage Replicas
The two lead characters - Sean and Mary Kate - were named after director John Ford's first name (in Irish) and the two ladies John Wayne loved the most - Mary (his wife) and Kate (Katharine Hepburn).
According to John Ford, Republic Pictures head Herbert J. Yates disliked the title and wanted the film renamed "The Prizefighter and the Colleen". Ford disagreed as he was worried the title would give the plot away. Luckily, he prevailed.
Maureen O'Hara broke a bone in her hand while slapping John Wayne during the scene when they first kiss. Since the movie wasn't being filmed in sequential order, she couldn't wear a cast to fix the fracture. If that wasn't enough, poor Maureen had no stunt double for the scene when Wayne drags her across the fields back to the village - and was lef...
Nevertheless, Maureen O'Hara later revealed that The Quiet Manwas her favourite of her films, and is even said to have listened to its soundtrack shortly before her death aged 95 on October 24, 2015.
The Quiet Manis one of the few Hollywood films in which the native Irish language is spoken. Other movies featuring Irish scenes include Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959), The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) and The Guard(2011).
The colour green can be seen somewhere in EVERY shot in the film - but not on any of the actors' costumes except for Maureen O'Hara's green floral dress in the cemetery scene.
Despite its beautiful portrayal of the Irish countryside, the film has been criticised by some for its "idealised" and "unrealistic" portrayal of the Irish Free State in the 1920s.
The Quiet Man was the second of five movies that paired John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara - the other four being Rio Grande (1950), The Wings of Eagles (1957), McLintock! (1963) and Big Jake(1971).
The train station featured in the film, located in Ballyglunin, Co. Galway, fell into repair in the six decades since the film's release but was restored last yearthanks to a huge €80,000 grant from the Irish Government. The famed location was saved from dereliction in 2017 when the Ballyglunin Community Development Company (BCDC) raised over €30,0...
A replica of the famous thatched cottage in the movie is located at Maam Cross in Co. Galway. There is also a replica in the village of Cong in Co. Mayo - where much of the film was shot.
- Aidan Lonergan
The Quiet Man: Directed by John Ford. With John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond. A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.
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The Quiet Man - Full Cast & Crew. Ex-boxer John Wayne returns to his rural Irish hometown to settle down and tame feisty Maureen O'Hara. Hugely enjoyable slice of Oscar-winning blarney from...
