The Quiet Man (1952)
91 %
Reviews Counted: 35 Fresh: 32 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 8.1/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 33 mins
Synopsis: One of John Ford's most cherished projects, THE QUIET MAN took years to finance but became one of his greatest box-office successes and an enduringly beloved classic. John Wayne stars as Sean Thornton, a retired American boxing champion trying to put tragedy behind him by returning to... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen
Director: John Ford
Screenwriter: Frank S. Nugent, Richard Llewellyn, Maurice Walsh
Producer: Merian C. Cooper, John Ford
Composer: Victor Young
Screenwriter: Frank S. Nugent, Richard Llewellyn, Maurice Walsh
Producer: Merian C. Cooper, John Ford
Composer: Victor Young
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This is an amusing The Taming of the Shrew type comedy handled with a professional softness of touch by all concerned.
03/11/08
This is a robust romantic drama of a native-born's return to Ireland. Director John Ford took cast and cameras to Ireland to tell the story [by Maurice Walsh] against actual backgrounds.
03/11/08
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John Ford's 1952 Oscar winner is a tribute to an Ireland that exists only in the imaginations of songwriters and poets like Ford.
03/11/08
Top Critic
One of John Ford's very best picture, arguably his most overtly romantic saga, set against picaresque Ireland, with top-notch turns from John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara at their most erotic.
11/02/07
Ford shot on location in Ireland in dazzling Technicolor (with bold, sparkling greens), and came up with one of his most enjoyable, full-bodied films.
04/30/07
The illusion/reality theme underlying immigrant boxer Wayne's return from America to County Galway is soon swamped within a vibrant community of stage-Irish 'types'.
06/24/06
Epic romantic comedy that I believe every Irishman must have seen at least once.
01/14/06
One of the greatest love stories of all time. Ford's direction is brilliant; O'Hara is beautiful; the cinematography is dazzling, and the brawl between Wayne and McLaglan at the finale is a comic treasure. A must-see.
05/21/03
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