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Young Cassidy (1965)

NR ★ 6.4/10 110 min Drama United Kingdom English
Director: Jack Cardiff
Screenplay by: John Whiting
Book: Sean O'Casey
Streaming: Not available
He's a brawling, sprawling giant - on the make for fame and fortune and then some!

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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
Rod Taylor John Cassidy
Julie Christie
Julie Christie Daisy Battles
Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith Nora
Michael Redgrave
Michael Redgrave W.B. Yeats
Edith Evans
Edith Evans Lady Gregory
Flora Robson
Flora Robson Mrs. Cassidy
Jack MacGowran
Jack MacGowran Archie
Siân Phillips
Siân Phillips Ella

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