Quiet Man

Quiet Man1952

Director: John Ford
Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Leonard Maltin, Michael Wayne, Toni Wayne
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Runtime: 129 minutes

Blarney and bliss, mixed in equal proportions. John Wayne plays an American boxer who returns to the Emerald Isle, his native land. What he finds there is a fiery prospective spouse (Maureen O'Hara) and a country greener than any Ireland seen before… more »



Mary Kate Danaher:
It's a bold one you are! Who gave you leave to be kissin' me?

Thornton:
So you can talk!

Mary Kate Danaher:
Yes I can, I will and I do! And it's more than talk you'll be gettin' if you step a step closer to me!

Thornton:
Don't worry - you've got a wallop!

Mary Kate Danaher:
You'll get over it, I'm thinkin'.

Thornton:
Well, some things a man doesn't get over so easy.

Mary Kate Danaher:
Like what, supposin'?

Thornton:
Like the sight of a girl coming through the fields with the sun on her hair... kneeling in church with a face like a saint...

Mary Kate Danaher:
Saint indeed!

Thornton:
...and now coming to a man's house to clean it for him.

Mary Kate Danaher:
But... that was just my way of bein' a good Christian act.

Thornton:
I know it was, Mary Kate Danaher. And it was nice of you.

Mary Kate Danaher:
Not at all.

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