Welcome to our web page dedicated to John Fords "The Quite Man"

starring

John Wayne, Maureen O'hara and Barry Fitzgerald

Favorite quotes from the movie:

Michaleen Flynn(Barry Fitzgerald) "When I drink whiskey, I drink whiskey; and when I drink water, I drink water".

Thornton(John Wayne) "There'll be no locks or bolts between us, Mary Kate... except those in your own mercenary little heart"!

Mary Kate Danaher(Maureen Ohara) I have a fearful temper. You might as well know about it now instead of findin' out about it later. We Danahers are a fightin' people.

Michaleen Flynn: She's a fine healthy girl - no patty-fingers if ya please!

Fishwoman with basket at station: Sir!... Sir!... Here's a good stick, to beat the lovely lady.

Michaleen Flynn: Well, it's a nice soft night so I think I'll go and join me comrades and talk a little treason!

Mary Kate Danaher: Come a-runnin'? I'm no woman to be honked at and come a-runnin'!

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If you missed this movie it is a MUST SEE !!

Quite Man news:28/12/2004 - 11:08:23  http://breaking.tcm.ie/2004/12/28/story182274.html   Quiet Man fans plan to dub film into Irish

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Trivia about The Quiet Man:

• Fitzgerald, Barry and Shields, Arthur are brothers.
• Only two weeks of the production was spent in Ireland because the local hotels couldn't accommodate the American crew.
• Cohan's Pub in the movie is, in reality, a grocery store, but when the film turned out to be very popular they never bothered to remove the facade used in the film.
• According to an October 28, 2000, interview in the "Los Angeles Times," 'Maureen OHara recounted that she, John Ford (I) and John Wayne (I) had a handshake agreement in 1944 to produce this film. When Ford pitched the idea to Hollywood producers, he was told that it was a "silly Irish story that won't make a penny." When O'Hara approached Republic Pictures studio chief Herbert B. Yates ("a step down for Ford," she says), she was told that the script was a silly Irish tale that would make no money. However, Yates would relent if she, Ford and Wayne together would make a western for Republic, a sure money-maker that would pay for Republic's projected loss in producing this picture. The picture that was made as a result of the agreement among Yates, Ford, Wayne and O'Hara was Rio Grande (1950).
• A replica of the famous thatched cottage in the movie is located at Maam Cross, County Galway, in the west of Ireland.
• During the scene where John Wayne (I) first kisses 'Maureen OHara, she slaps his face. When he blocked the blow, she broke a bone in her hand.
• When the film was first screened in Boston, Mass., Michaleen Flynn's line on seeing the broken bed, "Impetuous! Homeric!", was censored.
• Since the movie was being filmed in sequential order, and 'Maureen OHara broke her hand in one of the earlier scenes filmed, she couldn't have a cast to fix the broken bone.
• As of September 2003, Cohan's Pub is no longer a grocery store but strictly a souvenir shop specializing in "Quiet Man" keepsakes. The original owner is still the proprietor and is willing to share memories of the filming of the movie.
• The famous fight scene was shot in the grounds of Ashford castle, Cong, County Mayo. The stunt in which John Wayne punches Victor McLaglen into the river was performed by director John Ford's son, Pat (doubling for McLaglen).
• The station used in the Opening sequence and during the scene where John Wayne slams the train doors looking for Maureen O'Hara later in the film is Ballyglunin station, south of the town of Tuam, Co. Galway. It looks the same today as it did in 1951, when the film was shot (although released in 1952).The only major difference is that the bridge which crosses the railway tracks is now gone.This bridge was moved to Ballinasloe station, East Galway (where it still stands today), after Ballyglunin closed down as a main line.
• The horse racing sequence was shot at Lettergesh beach, Connemara, on the west coast of Ireland.