Quiet man
Romantic comedy films
Feature films
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Comedy films
Guilty of an accidental killing, ex-prize fighter Sean Thornton (John Wayne) returns to his Irish hometown, falls in love with Mary Kate (Maureen O'Hara), but must resist fighting her bully brother. Faced with losing Kate, Thornton participates in the longest brawl ever filmed.
The Quiet Man
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Sean, an American prizefighter, swears off boxing after accidently killing an opponent and returns to the Irish town of his birth.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Prize fighter Sean Thornton, an Irish-born American, returns to his native village after accidentally killing an opponent. Things get complicated, however, when he falls in love with a fiery redhead and he has to deal with her brother, the town bully.
"Hoping to find his roots, Sean Thornton (John Wayne), An American prizefighter recently retired from the ring, returns to his ancestral home in a small village in Ireland. He falls hard for a ravishing redheaded colleen, Mary Kate (Maureen O'Hara), who is no less smitten with him. But their love match is opposed by her loutish, ill-tempered brother (Victor McLaglen). Finally, Sean is forced to fight for her hand and her heart in a bareknuckled brawl that proves to be the grandest donnybrook ever to grace the screen"--Container back.
An American prizefigher (Wayne), returns to the Irish town of his birth to find solitude. Instead he falls hopelessly in love with Mary Kate (O'Hara).
Sean Thornton, an American prizefighter who swears off boxing after accidentally killing an opponent, returns to the Irish town of his birth, and finds happiness when he falls in love with, and marries the fiery Mary Kate. Though tempted to pick up the gloves against Mary Kate's brother, the town bully.
An Irish-American ex-boxer seeks haven from his past in an Irish village and finds a bride.
Love stories
An American prizefighter swears off boxing after he kills an opponent in the ring. Returning to his birthplace in Ireland, he discovers renewed interest in life when he falls in love with a local woman; he also finds a constant temptation to pick up the gloves against her brother, the town bully.
When an American prize-fighter accidentally kills a man in the ring, he returns to the Irish village where he was born to find peace, but he falls in love with the sister of the village bully.
An American prizefighter returns to the Irish town of his birth to find solitude but instead falls in love.
An American boxes returns to the Auld Sod to forget his troubles and goes from the frying pan to the fire when he meets a comely colleen and her bully of a brother.
An American prize-fighter, Sean, kills a man in the ring and returns to the Irish village where he was born to find peace. There he meets and falls in love with Mary Kate, the sister of the village bully.
An American prizefighter returns to Ireland in order to forget the past and live peacefully in his village birthplace. He falls in love with the hot-tempered sister of a belligerent neighbor, and trouble ensues over the payment of her dowry.
An Irish-American ex-boxer seeks a a haven from his past in an Irish village and finds a bride who stubbornly insists on her dowry as a measure of her identity and independence.
Features
Sean Thornton is an American who swears off boxing after accidentally killing an opponent. Returning to the Irish town of his birth, he finds happiness when he falls in love with the fiery Mary Kate.
The quiet man
An American prizefighter (John Wayne) returns to Ireland in order to forget the past and live peacefully in his village birthplace. He falls in love with the hot-tempered sister (Maureen O'Hara) of a belligerent neighbor, and trouble ensues over the payment of her dowry. This film classic co-stars Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Mildred Matwick and Victor McLaglen.
"Hoping to find his roots, Sean Thornton (John Wayne), An American prizefighter recently retird from the ring, returns to his ancestral home in a small village in Ireland. He falls hard for a ravishing redheaded colleen, Mary Kate (Maureen O'Hara), who is no less smitten with him. But their love match is opposed by her loutish, ill-tempered brother (Victor McLaglen). Finally, Sean is forced to fight for her hand and her heart in a bareknuckled brawl that proves to be the grandest donnybrook ever to grace the screen"--Container back.
Academy Award films
Drama
Sam Thornton is a boxer who returns to Ireland from America after killing an opponent in the ring and marries a fiery colleen after a tempestuous courtship. (Does not circulate).
Romance films
Ritiratosi dal pugilato, Sean Thornton torna in Irlanda per rifarsi una vita e trovare moglie. Con l'aiuto dell'ubriacone del villaggio corteggerà, secondo le tradizioni locali, la famosa Mary Kate, ma si scontrerà con il fratello di lei. (Mereghetti).
Après avoir tué son adversaire dans un combat de boxe aux États-Unis, Sean s'installe en Irlande, dans son village natal d'Innisfree. Il réussit à acheter, aux dépens de son voisin Red, la chaumière qui l'a vu naître. Sean s'éprend de Mary, la soeur de Red, et veut l'épouser. Mais il faut le consentement de Red, qui le lui refuse. Avec l'appui des autorités religieuses, une ruse le fait changer d'avis. Sean refuse la dot de Mary à cause de l'attitude violente de Red qui a découvert la ruse. Le soir, Mary refuse l'entrée de sa chambre à Sean, désirant ce qui lui revient de droit. Comme il refuse de récupérer la dot, Mary le traite de poltron et décide de le quitter. Poussé par le pasteur, Sean accepte le défi après avoir récupéré Mary et l'avoir traînée jusqu'au lieu du combat contre Red. Sean le gagne, puis, saouls et en amis, ils prennent le dîner préparé par Mary, heureuse de cette tournure finale.
After accidently killing an opponent in the ring, an American prizefighter returns to the Irish town of his birth. There he meets a lady with a brother who is the town bully. Can our hero avoid the fight?
John Ford's The Quiet Man celebrates one of Hollywood's most romantic and enduring epics. The first American feature to be filmed in Ireland's picturesque countryside, Ford richly imbued this masterpiece with his love of Ireland and its people. Sean Thornton is an American boxer who swears off fighting after he accidentally kills an opponent in the ring. Returning to the Irish town of his youth, he finds happiness when he falls in love with the fiery Mary Kate.
A disgraced American boxer retires to Ireland, where he finds love.
An American prizefighter returns to Ireland to live peacefully in his village birthplace. Trouble follows when his new wife's brother refuses to pay her dowry.
Fiction films
Quiet man (Motion picture)
Oscar-winning drama in which an ex-boxer returns to his native Galway in Ireland, hoping to lead a peaceful life after the tough years he spent as a successful fighter in America. But he realises he may have to fight the local squire to win the hand of the woman he loves.
Commedia (Genere)
Videodiscs
The quiet man (classic)
The story of a retired prizefighter who returns from Pittsburgh to his ancestral village in rural Ireland, intent on a quiet life. What he gets is just the reverse.
Sean Thornton, an Irish-born American, returns to his native village of Inisfree. He falls in love with a fiery redhead and the trouble begins.
The quiet man = Un uomo tranquillo
Films for people with visual disabilities
When an American prize-fighter kills a man in the ring, he returns to the Irish village where he was born to find peace and there he meets and falls in love with the sister of the village bully.
When an American prize-fighter kills a man in the ring, he returns to the Irish village where he was born to find peace. There he meets and falls in love with the sister of the village bully.
An Irish-American ex-boxer seeks haven from his past in an Irish village and finds a bride who stubbornly insists on her dowry as a measure of her identity and independence.
Sean Thornton is an American prizefighter who swears off boxing after accidentally killing an opponent. Returning to the Irish town of his birth, he finds happiness when he falls in love with the fiery Mary Kate.
Videos (DVD)
After killing a man in the ring, an American prize-fighter returns to the Irish village where he was born to find peace.
Fiction
Directed by John Ford, first American feature to be filmed in Ireland. Winner of two Oscars, including Best Director.
Uomo tranquillo
The Quiet man
Screenplay, Frank S. Nugent; music, Victor Young; director, John Ford.
UCLA preservation
Irish-born American boxer returns to his home village to forget the past. He has to battle against all manner of Irish blarney to get the hand of the girl he loves.
Video recordings - Titles owned by CBMPL and LJRL.
Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927),
Academy Awards 26o. 1953 Los Ángeles, California.