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Bookmark this pageThe Quiet Man (1952)
Director: John Ford
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Ford's flamboyantly Oirish romantic comedy hides a few tough ironies deep in its mistily nostalgic recreation of an exile's dream. But the illusion/reality theme underlying immigrant boxer Wayne's return from America to County Galway - there to become involved in a Taming of the Shrew courtship of flame-haired O'Hara, and a marathon donnybrook with her truculent, dowry-withholding brother McLaglen - is soon swamped within a vibrant community of stage-Irish 'types'. Ford once described it gnomically as 'the sexiest picture ever made'.Author: PT
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- spinblastr said...
- Posted on Mar 27 2011 03:18 My wife and I adore old movies, so I don't know how we missed this one until now. It's a gem, a Classic with a capital "C". My wife and I loved this film, as did our brood of IPod wearing, texting, modern, exasperating American kids. Great. Great. Great.
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- Noni said...
- Posted on Feb 06 2011 02:46 Well, if you enjoy the spectacle of a woman being dragged along the against her will by a man who obviously considers her property, and if you don't mind atrocious acting and bad Irish stereotypes, this is the film for you.
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- Duke said...
- Posted on Dec 30 2010 18:43 Wonderful film! full of great perfomances. Not least Maureen o Hara. She's Wonderful in this film.
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- liam Magee said...
- Posted on Jan 29 2010 04:34 The beauty of Ireland is only surpassed by herself Maureen O,Hara
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- Joe Johnson said...
- Posted on Jul 09 2009 03:56 County Galway? It was County Mayo... Please at least get your facts right.
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- Thornton said...
- Posted on Aug 11 2008 13:51 This is a perfect movie. Best film ever done. If you can´t see that, you´ve got a problem.
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Cast & crew
Director: John Ford
Producer: John Ford, Merian C Cooper
Cast: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen, Barry Fitzgerald, Mildred Natwick, Arthur Shields, Ward Bond, Jack MacGowran full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 129 mins
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