The Quiet Man

This is one of the most delightful and effortlessly entertaining film romances. It also might be the ultimate John Ford film, bringing together almost everything that made his films his own in one package. There’s Ireland, male bonding, horse racing, and John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara, along with most of his regular supporting cast like Ward Bond and Victor McLaglen. The production was apparently very hard on Ford, to the point where he was bedridden for several days during which Wayne direct...