The Quiet Man (1952)
Directed by John Ford
An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.
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Maureen O’Hara plays the windlike heroine out of Wuthering Heights, and the Ford stock company (Arthur Shields, Ward Bond, McLaglen, Natwick, Fitzgerald) goes through the dated mimicry of such stereotypes as the tippling village cabby, the thick-headed, bellicose squire, and the jovial village priest who curses, jokes, and fishes from start to finish of the film.
The films were 1935's The Informer, 1940's The Grapes of Wrath, 1941's How Green Was My Valley (which also won Best Picture, defeating Citizen Kane ), and one of the filmmaker's most beloved efforts, 1952's The Quiet Man.
During a career that spanned nearly six decades (from 1917 through 1966), Ford helmed more than 100 movies covering almost every genre, but he is still remembered primarily for the likes of She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Rio Grande, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance , and The Searchers (a film that many critics believe represents his most lasting tribute to the motion picture industry).
Ford delivered Rio Grande (1950), and Republic made good on its promise.
Not believing the Irish story substantial either, they were willing to take a financial hit on it if Ford would use the same troupe of actors to make a money-making black and white Western called Rio Grande to balance the books.
In exchange for the funds to make his dream project The Quiet Man (1952), director John Ford agreed to make this low-budget Cavalry Western for Republic Studios.
The films were 1935's The Informer, 1940's The Grapes of Wrath, 1941's How Green Was My Valley (which also won Best Picture, defeating Citizen Kane ), and one of the filmmaker's most beloved efforts, 1952's The Quiet Man.