John Wayne & Maureen O'Hara THE QUIET MAN 8x10 B & W Autographed Reprint JW-X17

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John Wayne & Maureen O'Hara     8x10 B & W
AUTOGRAPHED  REPRINT
JW-X17
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 by
Maurice Walsh
entitled The Green Rushes. The film is notable for
Winton Hoch
's lush photography of the
Irish
countryside and a long, climactic, semi-comic fist fight. It was an official selection of the 1952
Venice Film Festival
. The film won the
Academy Award
for
Best Director
for John Ford, his fourth, and for
Best Cinematography
. In 2013 the film was selected for preservation in the United States
National Film Registry
by the
Library of Congress
as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Budget
.75 million
Box office
.2 million
Cast
John Wayne
as Sean Thornton
Maureen O'Hara
as Mary Kate Danaher
Barry Fitzgerald
as Michaeleen Oge Flynn
Victor McLaglen
as Squire "Red" Will Danaher
Ward Bond
as Father Peter Lonergan