The Quiet Man

The Quiet Man was a 1952 American film starring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen, and Barry Fitzgerald, and directed by John Ford. It was based on a Saturday Evening Post short story by Maurice Walsh. The film is notable for its lush photography of the Irish countryside and the long, climactic, semi-comic fist fight between Wayne and McLaglen.

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1952 - American - John Wayne - Maureen O'Hara - Victor McLaglen - Barry Fitzgerald - John Ford - Saturday Evening Post - Maurice Walsh - Irish

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The story concerns Sean Thornton, an expatriate Irishman and boxing champion who returns from the United States to Ireland to reclaim his family's farm and winds up falling in love with and marrying a local woman. The story bears many resemblances to Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The village of Cong in County Mayo was the setting for the film, and many of the houses used during the shooting can still be seen.

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Irishman - Boxing - United States - Ireland - Shakespeare - The Taming of the Shrew - Cong - County Mayo

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The film was something of a departure for Wayne and Ford, who were both known mostly for their Westerns. It was also a departure for Republic Pictures, which was given the chance to back Ford in what was considered a risky venture at the time. It was the first time the studio, known for low budget B-movies, put out a film receiving an Oscar nomination.

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Republic Pictures - B-movie - Oscar

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The film received a total of seven Academy Awards nominations, including best picture, and won two. John Ford won his fourth and final best director Oscar. Winton C. Hoch and Archie Stout won for Best Cinematography. Victor McLaglen was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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Academy Award - Best director Oscar - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

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The movie is one of the few Hollywood movies in which spoken Irish Gaelic can be heard.

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The 1961 Broadway musical Donnybrook! was based on The Quiet Man.

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Broadway - Musical - Donnybrook!

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