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The Quiet Man
After accidentally killing an opponent in the ring, boxer Sean Thornton leaves America and returns to his native Ireland, hoping buy his family's homestead and live in peace. However, what he finds there is love, and constant turmoil.
14 August 1881, Portland, Maine, USA
24 November 1882, Ireland
1889, Dublin, Ireland
10 March 1888, Dublin, Ireland
8 May 1924, Ranelagh, Dublin, Ireland
10 December 1886, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
17 August 1920, Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Ranelagh, Dublin, Republic of Ireland]
19 June 1905, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
8 March 1924, Dublin, Ireland
9 April 1903, Benkelman, Nebraska, USA
October 27, 2016
The film's saucy mix of comedy and melodrama is one of its greatest charms, although it can give you whiplash from time to time, especially if you're not used to Ford's brand of broad, back-slapping comedy
September 05, 2012
[The script] tends to resolve its problems by having the cast embrace, fraternity-brother fashion, and break out into full-throated ballads.
March 11, 2008
John Ford's 1952 Oscar winner is a tribute to an Ireland that exists only in the imaginations of songwriters and poets like Ford.
August 15, 2011
John Ford may be the first director to make me like John Wayne.
May 20, 2003
Let's face it. Mr. Ford is in love with Ireland, as is his cast, and they give us a fine, gay time while they're about it.
March 11, 2008
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.
January 01, 2000
Although not a true classic, The Quiet Man is worth more than a cursory glance, especially for those who like Wayne or would like to experience more of his work.
June 24, 2006
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'.
January 13, 2016
Highly endearing even as it shows its age... filled with gorgeous shots and without a single wasted frame.
December 28, 2010
Old-fashioned charmer for the family.
December 05, 2016
As much an anthropological adventure as a romantic rhapsody.
October 25, 2011
John Ford certainly has a right to some Irish blarney
