“The Quiet Man” quotes
(1952)
Title The Quiet Man
Year 1952
Director John Ford
Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance
Year 1952
Director John Ford
Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance
Plot – Sean Thornton, an Irish American, had a brilliant career as a boxer, but one day he unintentionally caused the death of an opponent and this caused him to leave the ring forever. Rich and back in his hometown in Ireland, he now plans to get married and settle down. Sean buys the house which the overbearing and quarrelsome Will Danaher had also set his sights on and he falls for Danaher's sister, Mary Kate. Danaher, out of spite, denies consent to the marriage, but some friends of Sean cause the bully to give in by resorting to a trick which he knows nothing about.
All actors – John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick, Francis Ford, Eileen Crowe, May Craig, Arthur Shields, Charles B. Fitzsimons, James O'Hara, Sean McClory, Jack MacGowran, Joseph O'Dea, Eric Gorman, Kevin Lawless, Paddy O'Donnell, Frank Baker, Tony Canzoneri, Ruth Clifford, Maureen Coyne, Ken Curtis, Mimi Doyle, Douglas Evans, Robert Foy, Sam Harris, D.R.O. Hatswell, John Horan, David Hughes, Billy Jones, Tiny Jones, Colin Kenny, Mae Marsh, Jim McVeigh, Jim Morrin, Al Murphy, Michael O'Brian, Frank O'Connor, Pat O'Malley, Web Overlander, Bob Perry, Darla Ridgeway, Freddy Ridgeway, Jack Roper, Philip Stainton, Harry Tenbrook, Harry Tyler, Melinda Wayne, Michael Wayne, Patrick Wayne, Toni Wayne
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“Si' down, si' down. That's what chairs are for.”
“- Thornton: If anybody had told me six months ago that today I'd be in a graveyard in Innisfree with a girl like you that I'm just about to kiss, I'd have told 'em...
- Mary Kate Danaher: Oh, but the kisses are a long way off yet!
- Thornton: Huh?
- Mary Kate Danaher: Well, we just started a-courtin', and next month, we, we start the walkin'...” (continue)(continue reading)“There'll be no locks or bolts between us, Mary Kate... except those in your own mercenary little heart!”
“- Mary Kate Danaher: What manner of man is it that I have married?
- Hugh Forbes: A better one, I think, than you know, Mary Kate.”“Is that a bed, or a parade ground? A man would have to be a sprinter to catch his wife in a bed like that.”
“Then, a toast: May their days be long and full of happiness; may their children be many and full of health; and may they live in peace... and freedom.”
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