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During the Irish Civil War in 1922, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life, forgetting what the most important values are.During the Irish Civil War in 1922, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life, forgetting what the most important values are.During the Irish Civil War in 1922, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life, forgetting what the most important values are.
Maire O'Neill
- Mrs. Maisie Madigan
- (as Maire O'Neil)
Dennis Wyndham
- The Mobiliser
- (as Denis Wyndham)
Fred Schwartz
- Mr. Kelly
- (as Fred Schwarz)
Donald Calthrop
- Needle Nugent
- (uncredited)
George Spence
- Man in Crowd
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaAlthough Edward Chapman played the father of John Laurie and Kathleen O'Regan, he was four years younger than Laurie and two years older than O'Regan in real life.
- GoofsWhen Maisie Madigan is drunk at the Boyle's house, she strolls across the kitchen and Mrs. Boyel's arms are by her side, but in the next shot, Mrs. Boyle's arms are crossed.
- Quotes
Captain Boyle: Well, isn't all religions curious? If they weren't, how would you get anyone to believe in them?
- ConnectionsFeatured in Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (2009)
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Don't fall for the video box (like poor gridoon)!
Yes, it's "talky." Possibly because it's a film version of Sean O'Casey's seminal stage play about poverty, class, betrayal and death in the slums of Dublin during the Irish Civil War." Dull?" This film is taut enough that a common votive light becomes as frightening as the appearance of a ghost. And a doomed young man's descent into paranoia and babbling fear fairly bursts on the screen.
The discerning viewer will not only be rewarded with a moving story; the Hitchcock touches are there as well. A young director already finding his voice while handling serious material. The dark humor (The Trouble with Harry), the suspense that builds in silence (Lifeboat), and the immediate presence of the camera in the midst of life (Rope). All there.
Studios often resort to misleading packaging in attempts to lure the unsuspecting into renting/seeing/buying a movie that would otherwise not attract them. Those who only like their Hitchcock with a boy in mama's dress or a bird on a wire WILL hate this gem. Their loss.
The discerning viewer will not only be rewarded with a moving story; the Hitchcock touches are there as well. A young director already finding his voice while handling serious material. The dark humor (The Trouble with Harry), the suspense that builds in silence (Lifeboat), and the immediate presence of the camera in the midst of life (Rope). All there.
Studios often resort to misleading packaging in attempts to lure the unsuspecting into renting/seeing/buying a movie that would otherwise not attract them. Those who only like their Hitchcock with a boy in mama's dress or a bird on a wire WILL hate this gem. Their loss.
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- The Quiet Man
- May 17, 2001
Details
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.20 : 1
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