Quiet Man movie vs short story
... This is the case with the short story and film, The Quiet Man. After reading the story and watching the movie, it is easy to identify differences. Although the basic plot is the same, the movie adds events and changes facts. The first similarity between the short story and the film is the telling of a man who marries a woman. ... The movie does an adequate job of telling the original story. There are some very obvious differences between the film and short story.