The Quiet Man is a 1952 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by John Ford.
It stars John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, and Victor McLaglen.
The screenplay by Frank S.
Nugent was based on a 1933 Saturday Evening Post short story of the same name by Maurice Walsh, later published as part of a collection titled The Green Rushes.
The film features Winton Hoch's lush photography of the Irish countryside and a long, climactic, semi-comic fistfight.
It was an official selection of the 1952 Venice Film Festival.