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The Quiet Man
1952
· Movie
· 129 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #704
- IMDb #766
- Google retired #217
- Rotten Tomatoes #451
- Metacritic #608
- Letterboxd #1211
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #944
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #448
- Metacritic Critics #416
- Metacritic Audience #1483
- Criticker #841
- Kinopoisk #3088
- AlloCiné #767
- Trakt #1149
Every rating
60–96
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 60, highest is Google on 96.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A retired American boxer returns to the Irish village of his birth to reclaim his family homestead. He falls for a spirited local woman, but their courtship is complicated by her stubborn brother, who refuses to approve the marriage or provide her dowry. The man must navigate Irish customs and his own pacifist vows to win her hand.
Details
- Director
- John Ford
- Writers
- Frank S. Nugent, John Ford, Maurice Walsh
- Based on
- The Green Rushes by Maurice Walsh
- Studio
- Republic Pictures, Argosy Pictures
- Released
- 21 July 1952
- Country
- United States, Ireland
- Language
- English, Irish Gaelic
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $1.8M
- Box office
- $3.8M
- Awards
- 11 wins, 8 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 19 →4 major awards won · 11 wins from 19 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1952 | Best Director | John Ford | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1952 | Best Cinematography – Color | Winton C. Hoch and Archie Stout | Winner |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 1952 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | John Ford | Winner |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1952 | Best Written American Comedy | Frank S. Nugent | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1952 | Best Motion Picture | John Ford and Merian C. Cooper | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1952 | Best Supporting Actor | Victor McLaglen | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1952 | Best Screenplay | Frank S. Nugent | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1952 | Best Art Direction – Color | Art Direction: Frank Hotaling ; Set Decoration: John McCarthy Jr. and Charles Thompson | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
7 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematography – Color | Winton C. Hoch and Archie Stout | Winner |
| Best Director | John Ford | Winner |
| Best Art Direction – Color | Art Direction: Frank Hotaling ; Set Decoration: John McCarthy Jr. and Charles Thompson | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture | John Ford and Merian C. Cooper | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Frank S. Nugent | Nominee |
| Best Sound Recording | Daniel J. Bloomberg | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Victor McLaglen | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | John Ford | Winner |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Written American Comedy | Frank S. Nugent | Winner |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Director – Motion Picture | John Ford | Nominee |
| Best Original Score – Motion Picture | Victor Young | Nominee |
Venice International Film Festival
4 nominations, 3 won
| International Award | John Ford | Winner |
| OCIC Award | John Ford | Winner |
| Pasinetti Award | John Ford | Winner |
| Golden Lion | John Ford | Nominee |
National Board of Review Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Top Ten Films | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Hall of Fame: Productions | Winner |