Young Cassidy
He's a brawling, sprawling giant - on the make for fame and fortune and then some!
6.4
22 votes
February 25, 1965
1h 50m
Overview
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.
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Cast
Rod Taylor
John Cassidy
Julie Christie
Daisy Battles
Maggie Smith
Nora
Michael Redgrave
W.B. Yeats
Edith Evans
Lady Gregory
Flora Robson
Mrs. Cassidy
Jack MacGowran
Archie
Siân Phillips
Ella
T. P. McKenna
TomJulie Ross
SaraRobin Sumner
MichaelPhilip O'Flynn
Mick Mullen
Pauline Delaney
Bessie BallynoyArthur O'Sullivan
Foreman
Joe Lynch
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