The Quiet Man (1952)
129 min - Comedy | Drama | Romance - 14 September 1952 (USA)
Director:
John Ford
Writers:
Frank S. Nugent (screenplay), Maurice Walsh (from the story by)
Stars:
John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald |
A retired American boxer returns to the village where he was born in Ireland, where he finds love. he Quiet Man is a 1952 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by John Ford. It stars John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond and Victor McLaglen. The screenplay by Frank S. Nugent was based on a 1933 Saturday Evening Post short story by Maurice Walsh entitled The Green Rushes. The film is notable for Winton Hoch's lush photography of the Irish countryside and a long, climactic, semi-comic fist fight. It was an official selection of the 1952 Venice Film Festival. The film won the Academy Award for Best Director for John Ford, his fourth, and for Best Cinematography. In 2013 the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Director:
John Ford
Writers:
Frank S. Nugent (screenplay), Maurice Walsh (from the story by)
Stars:
John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald
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Thanks, perhaps we should do a John Wayne Collection.
This was a request so I posted it. might work. I don't have many, just happened to have this one. LOL ------- R