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Young Cassidy (1965)
Directed by Jack Cardiff
“He's a brawling, sprawling giant - on the make for fame and fortune and then some!”
Drama · 1h 50m
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.
Cast
Rod Taylor
Julie Christie
Maggie Smith
Michael Redgrave
Edith Evans
Flora Robson
Jack MacGowran
Siân Phillips
T. P. McKenna
Crew
- Director
- Jack Cardiff
- Screenplay
- John Whiting
- Director of Photography
- Edward Scaife
- Original Music Composer
- Sean O'Riada
- Editor
- Anne V. Coates
- Producer
- Robert D. Graff, Robert Emmett Ginna
Details
- Release date
- 1965-02-25
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Sextant Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer