"such as the woman standing for her own needs and values"
And finally succumbing to "common sense"
John Ford (and John Wayne) were notorious for their extremist right-wing views (there's a lovely description of them in a filmed interview with one of the non-star but regular 'faces' in Ford Westerns)
I think some of of those views are reflected in The Quiet Man, which I find patronising, moving into racist at times - Mclachlan's stereotype boorish, drunken Irish gobshite-with-a-heart-of-gold being a pretty fair example
Up to that perion, Hollywood poured out such cringe-making stuff ny the van-load
Jim Carroll