Movie Cosmos - The Quiet Woman

Description:

The former wife of a criminal moves to a coastal town and takes over the running of a bar known as The Quiet Woman. She becomes outraged when she discovers the previous owner had allowed local smugglers to use it as a base. She soon has become romantically involved with one of the smugglers, which causes enormous problems when a customs officer turns up, followed closely by her former husband.

Top Cast >

Jane Hylton

As Jane Foster

Derek Bond

As Duncan McLeod

Dora Bryan

As Elsie Tripp

Harry Towb

As Jim Cranshaw

Dianne Foster

As Helen

Michael Balfour

As Lefty Brown

John Horsley

As Dick Bromley

Peter Madren

As Willis

Michael Logan

As Police Sergeant

Top Crew >

John Gilling

Screenplay, Director

Ruth Adam

Original Story

Monty Berman

Producer, Director of Photography

Robert S. Baker

Producer

John Lanchbery

Music

Reviews:

John Chard (6/10)

I'm glad to see that you do something else besides smuggling.

The Quiet Woman is directed by John Gilling and Gilling writes the screenplay from a story by Ruth Adams. It stars Derek Bond, Jane Hylton, Dora Bryan, Michael Balfour, Dianne Foster and John Horsley. Music is by John Lanchbery and cinematography is by Monty Berman.

The Quiet Woman of the title is double meaning, it's the name of the Inn that Jane Foster (Hylton) has become the landlady of, while it also appertains to herself once the story takes its turn into thriller territory.

It's a decent enough "B" picture, where a smuggling discovery leads to romance, which leads to jealousy (Foster is a great bitch here), which leads to something from the past surfacing to set up for the nifty last quarter. The short running time means the pic doesn't have time to bore, but the whole splendid time capsule of the era is enjoyable, and so too is the East Sussex waterside locations used on the production. 6/10

2020-02-02