The quiet man [Videorecording] / a Republic production ; Herbert J. Yates presents ; John Ford and Merian C. Cooper's Argosy Production ; screenplay by Frank S. Nugent ; directed by John Ford.
Full screen (1.37:1). From the story by Maurice Walsh. Originally released as a motion picture in 1952. Title from container. Special features: Audio commentary with John Ford biographer Joseph McBride; tribute to Maureen O'Hara with Ally Sheedy, Hayley Mills and Juliet Mills; "Don't you remember it, Seánin?: John Ford's The Quiet Man" / a visual essay by historian and John Ford expert Tag Gallagher; "Free Republic: The story of Herbert J. Yates and Republic Pictures"; "The old man: Peter Bogdanovich remembers John Ford"; "The making of The Quiet Man" / 1992 featurette written and hosted by Leonard Maltin. Sources used: videodisc container; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed May 2, 2022. John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick, Francis Ford, Eileen Crowe, May Craig, Arthur Shields, Charles Fitzsimons.
Summary:
A weary American ex-boxer returns to the Irish hamlet of his childhood and tries to take a spirited lass as his wife, despite the strenuous objections of her brawling brother.
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