The Quiet Man

The Quiet Man is John Ford's sentimental journey into the past of Ireland, his ancestral home, a journey enacted by Ford's onscreen alter ego, John Wayne. This film is also one of Ford's greatest films, a vibrant, moving, action-filled picture enriched in every frame by the unerring touch of the great director. The story begins in the 1920s, when the American Sean Thornton, a quiet fellow but a former fighter with a brutal past, arrives in Innisfree. He is greeted by the witty Michaeleen Flynn, the village cabman, matchmaker, and mentor, who grabs Sean's bags at the train station and places them in his pony cart. Sean hops onto the seat and the two are off to a little cottage - Sean's birthplace - which Sean has purchased from a rich local widow...