It was 72 years ago this week that The Quiet Man hits US cinemas. John Wayne, who later starred in a D-Day movie, teamed up with director collaborator John Ford once again for the Oscar-winning classic. Considered by the filmmaker to be his sexiest movie, the plot saw Duke’s retired boxer Sean Thornton making a … Read more
Back in 1963, John Wayne starred in the Western comedy McLintock!, which is loosely based on William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Duke played an ageing rancher called George Washington McLintock, a wealthy self-made man facing several issues. High-ranking government officials, his own sons and local Native Americans all want a piece of his … Read more
It was 72 years ago this week that The Quiet Man hits cinemas. John Wayne, who later starred in a D-Day movie, teamed up with director collaborator John Ford once again for the Oscar-winning classic. Considered by the filmmaker to be his sexist movie, the plot saw Duke’s retired boxer Sean Thornton making a pilgrimage … Read more
In the 1952 Oscar-winning classic, considered by director John Ford to be his sexiest movie, John Wayne’s retired boxer Sean Thornton makes a pilgrimage to his home village in 1920s Ireland to claim his family estate. There he meets his match with Maureen O’Hara’s Mary Kate Danaher and her difficult brother Red, played by Victor … Read more
