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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.
11 September 1927, Dublin, Ireland
1903, Ireland
10 December 1886, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
26 May 1907, Winterset, Iowa, USA
1898, Dublin, Ireland
10 March 1888, Dublin, Ireland
8 March 1924, Dublin, Ireland
1889, Dublin, Ireland
December 28, 2010
Old-fashioned charmer for the family.
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.
December 05, 2016
As much an anthropological adventure as a romantic rhapsody.
January 13, 2016
Highly endearing even as it shows its age... filled with gorgeous shots and without a single wasted frame.
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.
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.
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.
October 25, 2011
John Ford certainly has a right to some Irish blarney
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'.
August 15, 2011
John Ford may be the first director to make me like John Wayne.
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
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.
