Young Cassidy

Feb 25, 1965

1h 50m

★ 6.4

He's a brawling, sprawling giant - on the make for fame and fortune and then some!

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Sextant Films

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Young Cassidy Trailers

Cast

John Cassidy

Rod Taylor

Daisy Battles

Julie Christie

Nora

Maggie Smith

W.B. Yeats

Michael Redgrave

Lady Gregory

Edith Evans

Mrs. Cassidy

Flora Robson

Archie

Jack MacGowran

Ella

Siân Phillips

Tom

T. P. McKenna

Sara

Julie Ross

Michael

Robin Sumner

Mick Mullen

Philip O'Flynn

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