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An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.
Language
Budget$1,750,000
Revenue $3,800,000
English,
Gaeilge
Budget$1,750,000
Revenue $3,800,000
Keywords
countryside
fight
brother
widow
boxer
beer
love
rural area
cottage
train
ireland
dowry
technicolor
return to birthplace
temper
Casts

John Wayne
Sean Thornton

Maureen O'Hara
Mary Kate Danaher

Victor McLaglen
Squire 'Red' Will Danaher

Barry Fitzgerald
Michaleen Oge Flynn

Ward Bond
Father Peter Lonergan

Mildred Natwick
The Widow Sarah Tillane

Francis Ford
Dan Tobin

Eileen Crowe
Mrs. Elizabeth Playfair

May Craig
Fishwoman with basket at station

Arthur Shields
Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair

Charles B. Fitzsimons
Hugh Forbes

James O'Hara
Father Paul

Sean McClory
Owen Glynn

Jack MacGowran
Ignatius Feeney
Joseph O'Dea
Molouney - Train Guard
Eric Gorman
Costello - Engine Driver
Kevin Lawless
Train fireman
Paddy O'Donnell
Railway porter

Ruth Clifford
Mother (uncredited)

Ken Curtis
Dermot Fahy (uncredited)
David Hughes
Police Constable (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Nell - Maid (uncredited)

Mae Marsh
Father Paul's Mother (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor
Ringside Photographer (uncredited)
Melinda Wayne
Girl on Wagon at Horse Race (uncredited)
Michael Wayne
Teenage Boy at Races (uncredited)

Patrick Wayne
Boy on Wagon at Horse Race (uncredited)
Toni Wayne
Teenage Girl at Races (uncredited)

Frank Baker
Man in Bar (uncredited)

Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Crews

Frank S. Nugent
Screenplay
Merian C. Cooper
Producer
Gordon B. Forbes
Producer

John Ford
Producer
Lewis T. Rosso
Producer
Winton C. Hoch
Director of Photography
Jack Murray
Editor
Maurice Walsh
Story

John Ford
Writer
Frank Hotaling
Art Direction

Victor Young
Original Music Composer

John Ford
Director
John McCarthy Jr.
Set Decoration
Charles S. Thompson
Set Decoration
Adele Palmer
Costume Design
Archie Stout
Second Unit Director of Photography
T.A. Carman
Sound
Howard Wilson
Sound

Roman Freulich
Still Photographer
Barbara Ford
Assistant Editor
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