Home › Entities › film › The Quiet Man

The Quiet Man

1952 film directed by John Ford
Movie film Q470560
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

The Quiet Man is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,143 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Director[3], Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color[4], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[5], National Board of Review Award for Best Film[6]
  • Director: John Ford[7]
  • Screenwriter: Richard Llewellyn[8], Frank S. Nugent[9], John Ford[10]
  • Composer: Victor Young[11]
  • Genre: romantic comedy[12], drama film[13], boxing film[14]
  • Based on: The Green Rushes[15]
  • Cast member: John Wayne[16], Maureen O'Hara[17], Barry Fitzgerald[18], Victor McLaglen[19], Ward Bond[20], Mildred Natwick[21], Joseph O'Dea[22], Arthur Shields[23], Francis Ford[24], Jack MacGowran[25], Mae Marsh[26], Michael Wayne[27], Sean McClory[28], Eileen Crowe[29]
  • Producer: Merian C. Cooper[30], John Ford[31]
  • Production company: Argosy Pictures[32]
  • Director of photography: Winton Hoch[33]
  • Part of: National Film Registry[34]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[35]
  • Commons category: The Quiet Man[36]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[37]
  • Review score: 8/10[38], 91%[39], 85/100[40]
  • Color: color[41]
  • Country of origin: United States[42]
  • Publication date: June 6, 1952[43], July 21, 1952[44], August 21, 1952[45], September 14, 1952[46], September 19, 1952[47], May 1, 1953[48]
  • Sport: boxing[49]
  • Distributed by: Republic Pictures[50], Netflix[51]
  • Narrative location: Ireland[52], Innisfree[53]
  • Filming location: Cong[54], Ashford Castle, County Mayo[55], Ballyglunin railway station[56], Clifden[57], Connemara[58], Thoor Ballylee[59], Galway[60], Oughterard[61]
  • Film editor: Jack Murray[62]

Why It Matters

The Quiet Man has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]

FAQs

What awards did The Quiet Man receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Director[3], Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color[4], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[5], and National Board of Review Award for Best Film[6].

Related Entities

Barry Fitzgerald film Ireland John Ford John Wayne Mae Marsh Maureen O'Hara Merian C. Cooper Mildred Natwick Netflix United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [4] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  58. [60] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  59. [61] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  60. [62] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [63] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [64] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Quiet Man. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-quiet-man
MLA “The Quiet Man.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 15 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-quiet-man.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-quiet-man_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Quiet Man}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-quiet-man}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-15}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): The Quiet Man — https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-quiet-man (retrieved 2026-10-15)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-quiet-man · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11h ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'commons', 'cy', 'da', 'de',
    Ampas collections film id → W063436
    Sitelink count → 48
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W063436, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 45061
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 45061, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269901|batch #269901]]"
  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 56206
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 56206, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269265|batch #269265]]"
  4. 15w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14551 → the-quiet-man
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14551: the-quiet-man, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/295964012|THE QUIET MAN (#295964012)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8091|Il cinema r"
  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1952-06-06T00:00:00Z, +1952-07-21T00:00:00Z, +1952-08-21T00:00:00Z +3
    Ifco rating → G
    Screenwriter → Richard Llewellyn, Frank S. Nugent, John Ford
    Part of → National Film Registry
    + 41 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.