Young Cassidy
6.5
“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.
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Rod Taylor
John Cassidy
Known for
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
The Birds
Julie Christie
Daisy Battles
Known for
Finding Neverland
Fahrenheit 451
Maggie Smith
Nora
Known for
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Downton Abbey
Michael Redgrave
W.B. Yeats
Known for
The Lady Vanishes
The Innocents
Edith Evans
Lady Gregory
Known for
The Nun's Story
Tom Jones
Flora Robson
Mrs. Cassidy
Known for
Black Narcissus
Wuthering Heights
Jack MacGowran
Archie
Known for
The Fearless Vampire Killers
The Exorcist
Siân Phillips
Ella
Known for
I, Claudius
Attila
T. P. McKenna
Tom
Known for
Straw Dogs
Jack the Ripper
Julie Ross
Sara
Robin Sumner
Michael
No other roles listed
Philip O'Flynn
Mick Mullen
Known for
Ryan's Daughter
Jack Cardiff Director · John Whiting Screenplay Sean O'Casey Author
Budget $1M · United States release March 22, 1965 · Produced in United Kingdom
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Budget
$1,000,000
Production
Sextant Films
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · February 25, 1965
Theatrical · London
United States · March 22, 1965
Theatrical
France
July 30, 1965 · Theatrical
Germany
November 12, 1965 · Theatrical
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