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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.
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- Naming process. 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).
- Original title. According to John Ford, Republic Pictures head Herbert J. Yates disliked the title and wanted the film renamed "The Prizefighter and the Colleen".
- Rough shoot. 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.
- Personal favourite. Maureen O'Hara in later life (Image: Getty) Nevertheless, Maureen O'Hara later revealed that The Quiet Man was 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.
Jun 21, 2022 · This year marks the 70 th anniversary of The Quiet Man, the story of Irish-born American ex-prize fighter Sean Thornton (John Wayne) who returns to his native village of Innisfree, where he falls for Mary Kate Danaher (Maureen O’Hara).
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
Based on a short story by Maurice Walsh that Ford had been wanting to film since the 1930s, The Quiet Man stars the director’s alter ego John Wayne as Sean Thornton, an Irish American boxer who returns to his birthplace in the fictional village of Inisfree (actually Cong in County Mayo) in an attempt to escape his violent life in America and fin...
Sep 10, 2023 · The Quiet Man, a narrative of Ireland’s diaspora, is itself an act of homecoming. John Ford (real name, John “Jack” Feeney—or, as he gave his name in Irish, Seán Ó Fearna) was born in Maine to Irish immigrant parents, both of whom had come from Galway in the 1870s.
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Screenplay. Maurice Walsh. Story. John Ford. Writer. An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.
