The Quiet Man
The Quiet Man is a 1952 American 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 screenplay by Frank S. Nugent was based on a 1933 Saturday Evening Post short story of the same name by Irish author Maurice Walsh, later published as part of a collection titled The Green Rushes. The film features Winton Hoch's lush photography of the Irish countryside and a long, climactic, semi-comic fist fight.
Plot
In the 1920s, Sean "Trooper Thorn" Thornton, an Irish-born American retired boxer, travels from Pittsburgh to his birthplace of Inisfree to purchase the old family farm. Shortly after arriving, he meets and falls in love with fiery, red-headed Mary Kate Danaher, the sister of bullying Squire "Red" Will Danaher. Will also wants to buy the old Thornton property, and is angered when the property's current owner, the wealthy Widow Tillane, accepts Sean's bid instead of his. Will then retaliates by refusing consent for Sean to marry his sister.
Awards
Cast
- Arthur Shields
- Barry Fitzgerald
- Charles B. Fitzsimons
- Colin Kenny
- Eileen Crowe
- Eric Gorman
- Francis Ford
- Frank O'Connor
- Harry Tenbrook
- Jack MacGowran
- James O'Hara
- John Wayne
- Joseph O'Dea
- Ken Curtis
- Kevin Lawless
- Mae Marsh
- Maureen O'Hara
- May Craig
- Michael Wayne
- Mildred Natwick
- Paddy O'Donnell
- Sean McClory
- Victor McLaglen
- Ward Bond