The Quiet man (Captioned)

United States, 1952

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John Wayne plays Sean Thornton, an American prizefighter who swears off boxing for good after accidentally killing an opponent in the ring. Returning to the Irish town of his birth, he discovers renewed interest in life when he falls in love with Mary Kate Donaher (Maureen O’Hara). He also finds a constant temptation to fight her brother, the town bully, but resists until their wedding day … Nominated for seven Oscars and winner of two for director and cinematograpy.

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Credits

director

John Ford

producer

Merian C. Cooper

production company

Argosy

Republic

Duration

02:09:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1952

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

304217

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q470560

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