Editing The Quiet Man

{{short description|1952 romantic comedy-drama film by John Ford}}
{{distinguish|The Quiet Man (video game)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = The Quiet Man
| image          = Poster - Quiet Man, The 01.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[John Ford]]
| producer       = {{plainlist|
* John Ford
* [[Merian C. Cooper]]
}}
| based_on       = {{based on|”The Quiet Man”<br>1933 story in ''[[Saturday Evening Post]]''|[[Maurice Walsh]]}}
| screenplay     = [[Frank Nugent|Frank S. Nugent]]
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[John Wayne]]
* [[Maureen O'Hara]]
* [[Barry Fitzgerald]]
* [[Arthur Shields]]
* [[Ward Bond]]
* [[Victor McLaglen]]
* [[Mildred Natwick]]
* [[Francis Ford (actor)|Francis Ford]]
}}
| music          = [[Victor Young]]
| cinematography = [[Winton C. Hoch]]
| editing        = [[Jack Murray (film editor)|Jack Murray]]
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Republic Pictures]]
* [[Argosy Pictures]]
}}
| distributor    = Republic Pictures
| released       = {{Film date|1952|06|06|London and Dublin|ref1=<ref>{{cite web |url= http://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/53543#3 |title=The Quiet Man - Details |website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |via= AFI.com |access-date=June 21, 2018 }}</ref>|1952|08|21|New York City}}
| runtime        = 129 minutes
| country        = United States<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web |title=The Quiet Man (1952) |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/film/4a877d5a-80a4-5129-926b-843701bc57fb/the-quiet-man |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref>
| language       = English<br />[[Irish language|Irish]]
| budget         = $1.75 million or $1,698,254<ref name="republic">{{cite book|title=Republic Confidential Volume 1 The Studio|first=Jack|last=Mathis|year=1999|publisher=Jack Mathis Advertising|page=267}}</ref>
| gross          = $3.8 million (rentals)<ref name="1952DomesticRevenue">{{cite web| url= http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1952.shtml| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080615023713/http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1952.shtml| title= Top 20 Films of 1952 by Domestic Revenue| website= boxofficereport.com| archive-date= June 15, 2008| date= | access-date= }}</ref>
}}
[[File:John Wayne from lobby card 7.jpg|thumb|262px|Sean Thornton (John Wayne) and Squire Danaher ([[Victor McLaglen]]) aggressively shake hands, testing each other's strength.]]
'''''The Quiet Man''''' is a 1952 American<ref name=bfi/> [[romantic comedy film|romantic]] [[comedy drama]] film directed and produced by [[John Ford]], and starring [[John Wayne]], [[Maureen O'Hara]], [[Victor McLaglen]], [[Barry Fitzgerald]], [[Arthur Shields]] and [[Ward Bond]]. The screenplay by [[Frank Nugent|Frank S. Nugent]] was based on a 1933 ''[[Saturday Evening Post]]'' short story of the same name by Irish author [[Maurice Walsh]], later published as part of a collection titled ''The Green Rushes''. The film features [[Winton Hoch]]'s lush photography of the [[Ireland|Irish]] countryside and a long, climactic, semi-comic fist fight.

The film was an official selection of the 1952 [[Venice Film Festival]]. John Ford won the [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Directing|Best Director]], his fourth, and Winton Hoch won for [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|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".<ref name="2013Add">{{cite press release|title=Library of Congress announces 2013 National Film Registry selections |newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 18, 2013|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/library-of-congress-announces-2013-national-film-registry-selections/2013/12/17/eba98bce-6737-11e3-ae56-22de072140a2_story.html?tid=hpModule_ef3e52c4-8691-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394|access-date=December 18, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |publisher= National Film Preservation Board, Library of Congress| place= Washington, DC |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/| website= loc.gov |access-date=2020-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cinema with the Right Stuff Marks 2013 National Film Registry |url= https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-13-216/2013-national-film-registry/2013-12-18/ |website= loc.gov| publisher= National Film Preservation Board, Library of Congress| place= Washington, DC|access-date= 2020-05-08}}</ref>

==Plot==
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In the 1920s, Sean "Trooper Thorn" Thornton, an Irish-born American retired [[Boxer (boxing)|boxer]], travels from [[Pittsburgh]] to his birthplace of Inisfree to purchase the old family farm.{{efn|The spelling of the fictional village "Inisfree" can vary in spelling in some film reviews and articles, often being cited "Innisfree". In the film, however, the public notices announcing the upcoming horse race are boldly printed "INISFREE RACE MEET".}} Shortly after arriving, he meets and falls in love with fiery, red-headed Mary Kate Danaher, the sister of bullying Squire "Red" Will Danaher. Will also wants to buy the old Thornton property, and is angered when the property's current owner, the wealthy Widow Tillane, accepts Sean's bid instead of his. Will then retaliates by refusing consent for Sean to marry his sister.

Some village residents, including parish priest Father Peter Lonergan and local [[Matchmaking|matchmaker]]-cum-[[bookmaker]] Michaeleen Óge Flynn,{{efn|Michaeleen’s full name includes "Óge", which in [[Comparison of Scottish Gaelic and Irish|Irish]] translates to "young" in English. Óge is used to distinguish between a father and his son with the same name, much in the manner that the suffixes "Sr." and "Jr." do in English.}} trick Will Danaher into believing that Widow Tillane will marry him if Mary Kate is no longer under his roof. He gleefully allows the marriage, but he refuses to give Mary Kate her [[dowry]] when he finds he was deceived, and the Widow Tillane knows nothing about the deal. Sean, unschooled in Irish customs, professes no interest in obtaining the dowry; but to Mary Kate, the dowry represents her personal value to the community and her freedom. She insists that the dowry must be received to validate their marriage, causing an estrangement between her and Sean. The villagers eventually persuade Will to release Mary Kate's furniture (which she owns), but Will refuses to hand over the monetary part of the dowry (which is his contribution).

Mary Kate believes Sean is a coward for not fighting Will. Sean goes to the local [[Church of Ireland]] minister and fellow former boxer, the Rev. Cyril Playfair, and reveals that he once accidentally killed a younger, married opponent in the ring. Sean had sworn to give up fighting out of fear and guilt over the manslaughter. Mary Kate also confesses (in [[Irish Gaelic]]) her part in the quarrel to Father Lonergan, who berates her for her selfishness. She and Sean partially reconcile that night, and they share the bedroom for the first time since their marriage.

However, the next morning, Mary Kate quietly leaves their cottage and boards a train for [[Dublin]], hoping this pretense of leaving will spur Sean to action. Sean soon learns from Michaeleen where she is, races his horse to the railway station, and pulls her off the train. Followed by a growing crowd of villagers, Sean forces Mary Kate to walk with him the {{convert|5|mi|spell=in|sigfig=1}} back to the Danaher farm. There, Sean confronts Will and demands the dowry money. When Will refuses, Sean throws Mary Kate back at her brother, declaring he will abide by the Irish custom "no fortune, no marriage". The ultimatum shocks both Mary Kate and Will, who finally pays the £350 (over £17,000 in 2022). Sean immediately burns it in the boiler, abetted by Mary Kate. She proudly leaves for home, but a humiliated Will takes a swing at Sean, only to be knocked down by Sean's defensive counter-punch.

A donnybrook ensues, then evolves into a long Homeric fistfight between Sean and Will after they insincerely agree to adhere to the [[Marquess of Queensberry rules]]. This much-anticipated match attracts more and more spectators as it continues for miles across the landscape. The fighters finally pause for a drink inside Cohan's Bar, where they begrudgingly admit a mutual respect for one another. As they argue over who will pay for the drinks, Will tosses a brew into Sean's face. Sean punches Will, sending him falling through the bar doors to lie unconscious in the street, ending the fight. Later, the reconciled and inebriated brothers-in-law stagger arm-in-arm back to Sean and Mary Kate's home for supper, much to Mary Kate's amusement and delight.

The next day, a humbled Will and the Widow Tillane begin their own courtship, and they ride out of the village side by side in a [[jaunting car]] driven by Michaeleen. Sean, Mary Kate, and the villagers wave to them as they pass, before Sean and Mary Kate playfully chase each other across the fields back to the cottage.

==Cast==
{{castlist|
* [[John Wayne]] as Sean Thornton
* [[Maureen O'Hara]] as Mary Kate Danaher
* [[Barry Fitzgerald]] as Michaeleen "Óge" Flynn 
* [[Victor McLaglen]] as Squire "Red" Will Danaher
* [[Ward Bond]] as Father Peter Lonergan
* [[Mildred Natwick]] as the Widow Sarah Tillane
* [[Francis Ford (actor)|Francis Ford]] as Dan Tobin
* [[Arthur Shields]] as the Rev. Cyril Playfair
* [[Eileen Crowe]] as Elizabeth Playfair
* [[Charles B. Fitzsimons]] as Hugh Forbes
* [[James O'Hara (actor)|James Lilburn]] as Father Paul
* [[Sean McClory|Séan McClory]] as Owen Glynn
* Emily Eby as Mave Campbell
* [[Jack MacGowran]] as Ignatius Feeney
* [[May Craig (actress)|May Craig]] as Fishwoman
* Joseph O'Dea as Molouney
* Eric Gorman as Costello
* [[Ken Curtis]] as Dermot Fahy{{efn|Fahy sings "A Wild Colonial Boy" after Sean Thornton introduces himself to the men in the first tavern scene. He then corrects Squire Danaher's claim about Sean paying £1000 for a bit of land that isn't worth 200. Fahy comments, "Didn't I hear of someone named Danaher bidding to 810?" Danaher tells his assistant Feeney, "Get your book out. Put his name down." Fahy says, "It's F-A-H-Y. No 'E', squireen Danaher."}} (uncredited)
}}

==Production==
The film was a departure for [[Republic Pictures]], which backed Ford in what was considered a risky venture at the time.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dixon|first1=Wheeler Winston|title=Death of the Moguls: The End of Classical Hollywood|date=August 28, 2012|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0-8135-5378-8|pages=151–154|edition=illustrated|language=en}}</ref><ref>Hurst, Richard M. (2007). ''Republic Studios: Beyond Poverty Row and the Majors''. Lanham, Maryland: [[Scarecrow Press]], pp. 6, 18.</ref> It was the only time the studio, known for low budget [[B-movie]]s, released a film that would receive an [[Academy Award|Oscar]] nomination for Best Picture.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mallory |first=Mary |date=2024-02-28 |title=Republic Pictures |url=https://tolucalake.com/2024/02/republic-pictures/ |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=Toluca Lake Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

Ford read the story in 1933 and soon purchased the rights to it for $10. The story's author was paid another $2,500 when Republic bought the idea, and he received a final payment of $3,750 when the film was actually made.<ref>Maureen O'Hara with John Nicoletti. [https://books.google.com/books?id=_xBMo-UNCgMC&dq=the+quiet+man+Ford+read+the+story+in+1933+and+soon+purchased+the+rights+to+it+for+%2410&pg=PA158 ''{{'}}Tis Herself: An Autobiography'', p. 158-159]. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks (2005 edition).</ref> Republic Pictures agreed to finance the film with O'Hara and Wayne starring and Ford directing, but only if all three agreed to first film a Western with Republic. They did, and after completing ''[[Rio Grande (1950 film)|Rio Grande]]'', they headed for Ireland to start shooting.

One of the conditions that Republic placed on Ford was that the film run under two hours. However, the finished picture was two hours and nine minutes. When screening the film for Republic executives, Ford stopped the film at approximately two hours in, on the verge of the climactic fistfight. Republic executives relented and allowed the film to run its full length.<ref>Maureen O'Hara with John Nicoletti. [https://books.google.com/books?id=_xBMo-UNCgMC&dq=the+quiet+man+yates+told+him+to+cut+the+picture+further&pg=PA169 ''{{'}}Tis Herself: An Autobiography'', p. 169-170]. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks (2005 edition).</ref> It was one of the few films that Republic filmed in [[Technicolor]]; most of the studio's other color films were made in a more economical process known as [[Trucolor]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Limbacher |first=James L. |title=Four Aspects of the Film. A History of the Development of Color, Sound, 3-D and Widescreen Films and Their Contribution to the Art of the Motion Picture |date=1969 |publisher=Arno Press |isbn=978-0-405-11138-9 |series=Aspects of film |location=New York |pages=58}}</ref>

The film employed many actors from the Irish theatre, including Barry Fitzgerald's brother, [[Arthur Shields]], as well as extras from the Irish countryside, and it is one of the few Hollywood movies in which the [[Irish language]] can be heard. Filming commenced on June 7, 1951.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} All of the outdoor scenes were shot on location in Ireland in [[County Mayo]] and [[County Galway]]. The inside scenes were filmed toward the end of July at the Republic Studios in Hollywood.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} Vawn Corrigan reports that Ford made considerable efforts to get the costumes correct for the period with Ó’Maille – The Original House of Style in Galway tasked with sourcing the costumes.<ref>{{cite book |last=Corrigan |first=Vawn |date=2020 |title=Irish Tweed: History, Tradition, Fashion |publisher=O'Brien Press |url=http://www.obrien.ie/irish-aran |isbn=9781788490214 }}</ref>

[[File:The Quiet Man Bridge - classic view - geograph.org.uk - 582452.jpg|thumb|"The Quiet Man Bridge"]]

The story is set in the fictional community of Inisfree. This is not the same as the [[Lake Isle of Innisfree]], a place in [[Lough Gill]] on the [[County Sligo|Sligo]]–[[County Leitrim|Leitrim]] county border made famous by poet [[William Butler Yeats]], which is a tiny island. Many scenes for the film were actually shot in and around the village of [[Cong, County Mayo]], on the grounds of Cong's [[Ashford Castle]]. Cong is now a wealthy small town and the castle a 5-star luxury hotel. The connections with the film have led to the area becoming a tourist attraction. In 2008, a pub opened in the building used as the pub in the film (it had actually been a shop at the time when the movie was shot); the pub hosts daily re-runs of the film on DVD.<ref>[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/quiet-man-fans-can-sup-a-stout-in-the-filmrsquos-pub-13948528.html "Quiet Man fans can sup a stout in the film's pub,"] Belfast Telegraph, August 25, 2008.</ref> The Quiet Man Fan Club holds its annual general meeting in Ashford Castle. Other locations in the film include [[Thoor Ballylee]], County Galway, home of poet W. B. Yeats for a period, [[Ballyglunin railway station]] near [[Tuam]] County Galway, which was filmed as Castletown station, and various places in [[Connemara]] County Galway and County Mayo. Among those are Lettergesh beach, where the horse race scene was filmed,<ref name="Beach">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045061/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv|title=The Quiet Man (1952) Trivia|work=[[IMDb]]|access-date=August 12, 2017}}</ref> "The Quiet Man Bridge", signposted off the N59 road between Maam Cross and Oughterard<ref name="Bridge">{{cite web |url=http://www.oughterardtourism.com/mysitecaddy/site3/attractionsquietman.htm |title=The Quiet Man Bridge|access-date=2017-08-12|work=Oughterard Tourism}}</ref> and the "White O'Morn" cottage. The latter is located on R336 south of Maam, but long ago fell into ruin.<ref name="Mirror">{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/DAY+TWO+OF+THE+QUIET+MAN+CELEBRATION%3A+I+fell+in+love+with+the+cottage...-a0127147778 |title=Day Two of the Quiet Man Celebration: I fell in love with the cottage at first sight ..I'll bring the dream alive and put back all that movie magic; White O'Morn Owner Vows to Restore It|access-date=2017-08-12|work=The Mirror}}</ref>

[[File:The Quiet Man Stone Inscription.jpg|thumb|Stone inscription for ''The Quiet Man'' at [[John Ford Statue|Ford's statue]] in [[Portland, Maine]].]]

The film also presents Ford's depiction of an idealized Irish society, with only implied social divisions based on class and differences in political or religious affiliations. The Catholic priest, Father Lonergan, and the Protestant minister, Reverend Playfair, maintain a strong friendly relationship throughout the film, which represented the norm in what was then the [[Irish Free State]], where religious tensions occurred in the 1930s but were the norm only in Northern Ireland.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} One of the allusions to Anglo-Irish animosity occurs after the happy couple is married and a congratulatory toast offered by Hugh Forbes expresses the wish that they live in "national freedom" (the term ''national'' has been censored from most editions)<ref name="Beach"/> and before the final donnybrook when Thornton demands his wife's dowry from Danaher. Danaher asks Hugh Forbes, who had been commander of the local Irish Republican Army unit during the fight to expel the British, "So the IRA is in this too, ah", to which Forbes replies, "If it were, not a scorched stone of your fine house would be standing."

[[Ernie O'Malley]], an [[Irish Republican Army]] officer during the [[Irish War of Independence|war of independence]], commander of the [[Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)|anti-Treaty IRA]] during the [[Irish Civil War]], and author, acted as an advisor to Ford on the local culture, being on set with him every day. According to O'Hara, Ford "had a great deal of respect for Ernie...{{nbsp}}He had such respect for Ernie. They would natter away like old buddies...{{nbsp}}They liked each other. They were friends".<ref name="English1998">{{cite book|author=Richard English|title=Ernie O'Malley: IRA Intellectual|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v7MabAwea7wC&pg=PA65|date=26 March 1998|publisher=Clarendon Press|isbn=978-0-19-151339-8|pages=65}}</ref>

This movie is, in many ways a family affair.  Francis Ford, who played the old man who gets up from his deathbed to watch the fight, is John Ford's older brother.  Patrick Ford, the director's son, did much of the stunt work for Victor McLaglen during the fight scene, and was a unit director.  Arthur Shields, who played the Reverend Playfair, is the younger brother of Barry Fitzgerald, Michaeleen Óge Flynn, who was born William Joseph Shields. Charles B. Fitzsimmons, who played Hugh Forbes, and James O'Hara, who played Father Paul, are the brothers of Maureen O'Hara.   In addition, four of John Wayne's children are seen in the horse race scene.<ref name="Family">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045061/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv|title=The Quiet Man (1952) Trivia|work=[[IMDb]]|access-date=May 15, 2023}}</ref>

===Music===
Ford chose his friend, Hollywood composer [[Victor Young]], to compose the score for the film. Young sprinkled the soundtrack with many Irish airs such as the "[[Rakes of Mallow]]" and "[[The Wild Colonial Boy]]". One piece of music, chosen by Ford himself, is most prominent: the melody the "[[Isle of Innisfree]]", written not by Young, but by the Irish policeman/songwriter [[Dick Farrelly|Richard Farrelly]]. The melody of the "Isle of Innisfree", which is first heard over the opening credit sequence with [[Ashford Castle]] in the background, becomes the principal musical theme of ''The Quiet Man''. The melody is reprised at least eleven times throughout the film.

The upbeat melody comically hummed by Michaeleen Oge Flynn and later played on the accordion is the "[[Rakes of Mallow]]".

A portion of the Irish version of "The Wild Colonial Boy" is played throughout the film.

When Maureen O'Hara died in October 2015, her family stated she listened to music from ''The Quiet Man'' during her final hours.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/10/24/actress-maureen-ohara-dies-at-age-95/74536318/ "Actress Maureen O'Hara dies at 95"]. ''USA Today''. Associated Press (October 25, 2015)</ref> Filmmaker [[George A. Romero]] was also said to have died listening to the score.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-me-george-romero-20170716-story.html "George A. Romero, 'Night of the Living Dead' creator, dies at 77"]. ''LA Times'' (July 16, 2017)</ref>

==Reception==
In 1952 [[A. H. Weiler|A.H. Weiler]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' viewed the film "as darlin' a picture as we've seen this year," with "dialogue that is as tuneful as a lark's song."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Weiler |first=A.H. |date=August 22, 1952 |title=The Screen In Review |journal=[[The New York Times]] |page=13 }}</ref> In another contemporary review, the entertainment [[trade paper]] ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called the picture "beautifully filmed" and wrote that "Wayne works well under Ford's direction," but found the 129-minute running time "unnecessary."<ref>{{cite journal |date=May 14, 1952 |title=The Quiet Man |journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |page=6 }}</ref> ''[[Harrison's Reports]]'' described the film as "a delightful and rollicking comedy melodrama of Irish life, directed with skill and acted with gusto by a fine cast."<ref>{{cite journal |date=May 17, 1952 |title='The Quiet Man' with John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen and Barry Fitzgerald |journal=[[Harrison's Reports]] |page=79 }}</ref> [[Richard L. Coe]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' declared it "a complete jim-dandy ... The photography is glorious and Victor Young's score, inspired by folk airs, is a complete joy for an exuberant, vigorous picture."<ref>{{cite news |last=Coe |first=Richard L. |date=October 3, 1952 |title=Now Irish Eyes Are Smiling Again | newspaper= The Washington Post |page=30 }}</ref> Philip Hamburger of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' was not so taken with the film, writing, "If am to believe what I saw in John Ford's sentimental new film, ''The Quiet Man'', practically everybody in Ireland is just as cute as a button," adding, "Mr. Ford's scenes of the Irish countryside are often breathtaking ... but the master who made ''[[The Informer (1935 film)|The Informer]]'' appears to have fallen into a vat of treacle."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hamburger |first=Philip |date=August 23, 1952 |title=The Current Cinema |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |pages=56–57 }}</ref>

On the review-aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''The Quiet Man'' in 2023 has a 91% approval rating based on reviews from 46 critics. Critical consensus on the website states, "Director John Ford and star John Wayne depart the Western for the Irish countryside, and the result is a beautifully photographed, often comedic romance."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/quiet_man/ |title=The Quiet Man (1952) |website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date= September 9, 2023 }}</ref>

The film was also a financial success, grossing $3.8 million in its first year of release. This was among the top ten grosses of the year.<ref>{{cite book| last= Gallagher| first= Tag |title= John Ford: The Man and his Films| publisher= University of California Press |year= 1986| page= 499}}</ref> It was also the seventh most popular film for British audiences in 1952.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18504988 |title=Comedian Tops Film Poll|newspaper=[[The Sunday Herald (Sydney)|The Sunday Herald]]|location=Sydney |date=December 28, 1952 |access-date=August 12, 2017|page=4|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="7"| [[25th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Motion Picture]]
| [[John Ford]] and [[Merian C. Cooper]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="7"| <ref name="Oscars1953">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1953 |title=The 25th Academy Awards (1953) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 20, 2011 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093830/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/25th-winners.html |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| John Ford
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Victor McLaglen]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| [[Frank S. Nugent]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction – Color]]
| Art Direction: [[Frank Hotaling]]; <br> Set Decoration: [[John McCarthy Jr.]] and [[Charles S. Thompson (set decorator)|Charles Thompson]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography – Color]]
| [[Winton C. Hoch]] and [[Archie Stout]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound Recording]]
| [[Daniel J. Bloomberg]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[5th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]]
| rowspan="2"| John Ford
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1950s/1952.aspx?value=1952 |title=5th Annual DGA Awards |publisher=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=December 15, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[10th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Director – Motion Picture]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/the-quiet-man/ |title=The Quiet Man |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=December 15, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score – Motion Picture]]
| [[Victor Young]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[National Board of Review Awards 1952|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1952/ |title=1952 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=December 15, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/ |title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=December 16, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Online Film & Television Association Awards
| colspan="2"| Film Hall of Fame: Productions
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oftaawards.com/film-hall-of-fame/film-hall-of-fame-productions/ |title=Film Hall of Fame Inductees: Productions |publisher=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=December 15, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[13th Venice International Film Festival|Venice International Film Festival]]
| [[Golden Lion]]
| rowspan="4"| John Ford
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| 
|-
| International Award
| {{won}}
|-
| OCIC Award
| {{won}}
|-
| Pasinetti Award
| {{won}}
|-
| [[5th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy|Best Written American Comedy]]
| Frank S. Nugent
| {{won}}
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==Home media==
It was first released on [[DVD]] December 14, 1998 by Artisan Home Entertainment. It was also released 4 years later on a Collector's edition DVD on October 22, 2002, by Artisan. The Special features on this edition include "The Making of the Quiet Man" Documentary with [[Leonard Maltin]], and "The Joy of Ireland" Documentary with Maureen O'Hara and [[Andrew V. McLaglen]], and "Remembering The Quiet Man Montage".

On January 22, 2013, Olive Films released ''The Quiet Man'' on DVD and for the first time on [[Blu-ray]], as a 60th Anniversary Special Edition. It included the documentary "The Making of the Quiet Man" with Leonard Maltin.

In 2010 there was a documentary called ''Dreaming The Quiet Man'' made about the journey and making of ''The Quiet Man''. It was narrated by [[Gabriel Byrne]], and had interviews with [[Peter Bogdanovich]], [[Martin Scorsese]], [[Charles Fitzsimons|Charles F. Fitzsimons]], and Maureen O'Hara. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray for the first time on March 24, 2015.

==In popular culture==
The scene where John Wayne kisses Maureen O'Hara during a storm appears on a television set in a scene of the 1982 [[Steven Spielberg]] film, ''[[E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial]]''.

==See also==
* [[John Wayne filmography]]
* [[Marquess of Queensberry rules]] of [[boxing]]
* ''[[Donnybrook!]]'', a 1961 musical adaptation of ''The Quiet Man'' written by [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]]
* ''[[Innisfree (film)|Innisfree]]'', a 1990 Spanish documentary film about the making of ''The Quiet Man''
* [[Jaunting car]], the [[horse-drawn vehicle]] owned by Michaeleen Oge Flynn that is first seen delivering Sean to Innisfree at the beginning of the film. Michaleen is seen using it throughout the film as his main mode of transport and it is in the amusing [[courtship|courting]] scenes that it plays a greater role.

==Gallery==
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==Notes==
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==References==
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===Sources===
* Crosson, Seán and Rod Stoneman (2009). ''The Quiet Man ... and Beyond: Reflections on a Classic Film, John Ford, and Ireland''. Liffey Press. {{ISBN|9781905785568}}. Includes chapters examining the film's use of language, style, landscape and Ford's connection more generally with Ireland.
* {{cite book |title=Picture The Quiet Man |first=Des |last=[[Des MacHale|MacHale]] |publisher=Appletree Press |year=2004 |isbn=9780862819309}} Includes a chapter on the film's score and the "[[Isle of Innisfree]]".
* {{cite book |title=In the Footsteps of the Quiet Man: The Inside Story of the Cult Film |first=Gerry |last=McNee |publisher=Random House |year=2012 |isbn=9781780574691 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f6IxtNbTQQMC}} Narrative of the film's production.

==External links==
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* {{IMDb title|0045061}}
* [https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-quiet-man-am11254 ''The Quiet Man'' at AllMovie]
* {{TCMDb title|24069}}
* {{AFI film|id=53543|title=The Quiet Man}}
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/quiet_man/ ''The Quiet Man'' on Rotten Tomatoes]
* [http://www.filmsite.org/quie.html ''The Quiet Man'' at Filmsite.org]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070329002156/http://www.quietmanmovieclub.com/ Quiet Man Movie Club]
* [http://reelclassics.com/Movies/QuietMan/quietman.htm The Quiet Man at Reel Classics]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20171227230953/http://www.quietman-cong.com/cong-museum/ ''The Quiet Man'' Cottage museum in Cong]
* [[William C. Dowling]], "[http://www.wcdrutgers.net/quietman.htm John Ford's Festive Comedy: Ireland Imagined in ''The Quiet Man''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205101124/http://www.wcdrutgers.net/quietman.htm |date=February 5, 2017 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090420044004/http://www.quietmanmovieclub.com/isleofinnisfree.htm Dick Farrelly, songwriter: Lyrics]
* [http://www.corkuniversitypress.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=The+Quiet+Man&Submit= ''A Quiet Man Miscellany'' Cork University Press] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043931/http://www.corkuniversitypress.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=The+Quiet+Man&Submit= |date=December 1, 2017 }}
* [http://www.joseflocke.co.uk/josef/DickFarrelly.htm Dick Farrelly and 'The Isle of Innisfree']
* [https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/quiet_man.pdf ''The Quiet Man'' essay] by [[Scott Allen Nollen]] at [[National Film Registry]]

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