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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.
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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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- John Ford
- 1952-09-14
- Aidan Lonergan
- 2 min
- 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.
- Cong Village. We’re going to start off with the ‘main attraction’, so-to-speak. The picturesque little village of Cong in County Mayo is finely plonked between the lakes of Corrib and Mask.
- Pat Cohan’s. Pat Cohan’s Pub is one of the more famous The Quiet Man filming locations and it was seen in multiple different scenes during the movie. Arguably its most famous appearance was during the fight scene (remember when the lads had the barrel of water thrown over them?!).
- Reverend Playfair’s House. One of my favourite The Quiet Man filming locations is the little cottage that sits a stone’s throw from Cong Abbey just outside the town centre, next to the river.
- The Quiet Man Cottage. The same can’t be said for the real (I say real as there is a replica) The Quiet Man Cottage which is now in a state of ruin. The thatched cottage was the ancestral home bought by Sean Thornton when he returned to Ireland and it was one of the more iconic The Quiet Man filming locations.
A tired American ex-boxer returns to his native hamlet in Ireland to win the hand of a spirited young woman. 14,677. IMDb 7.7 2 h 4 min 1952 X-Ray 13+. Comedy • Drama • Touching • Feel-good. Watch with Prime.
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After accidentally killing an opponent in the ring, boxer Sean Thornton leaves America and returns to his native Ireland, hoping to buy his family's homestead and live in peace.
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- Drama
