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Young Cassidy
He's a brawling, sprawling giant - on the make for fame and fortune and then some!
In Dublin circa 1911, John Cassidy (Rod Taylor), an impoverished idealist, whose ambitions are restricted by the demands of looking after his family, journeys through the social injustices of Dublin life, involving himself with the rowdy tramway-men strike, dawdling with prostitute Daisy Battles (Julie Christie), and seeking a better life. He falls in love with bookshop assistant Nora (Dame Maggie Smith) who encourages him toward a life of writing. Finding success at the Abbey Theatre, his unorthodox views estrange him from family, friends, and his own past.
Where to watch
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Cast
Rod TaylorJohn Cassidy
Julie ChristieDaisy Battles
Maggie SmithNora
Michael RedgraveW.B. Yeats
Edith EvansLady Gregory
Flora RobsonMrs. Cassidy
Jack MacGowranArchie
Siân PhillipsElla
T. P. McKennaTom- Julie RossSara
- Robin SumnerMichael
- Philip O'FlynnMick Mullen
Pauline DelaneyBessie Ballynoy- Arthur O'SullivanForeman
Details
- Director
- Jack Cardiff
- Writers
- John Whiting, Sean O'Casey
- Release date
- February 25, 1965
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Original language
- English
- Studios
- Sextant Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
