The Quiet Man (1952)
The Quiet Man is a very old-fashioned movie — the plot revolves largely around a dowry — but just turn off your brain and enjoy the Technicolor beauty of the unspoiled Irish countryside as John Wayne’s Sean Thornton and Maureen O’Hara’s Mary Kate Danaher fall madly in love.
It was filmed around the charming village of Cong, which still has a statue of Wayne. It’s fun to see him a straight romantic lead instead of a grizzled cowboy, but don’t worry manly men: His character’s still plenty tough.
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