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Young Cassidy is a 1965 British biography drama film directed by Jack Cardiff and starring Rod Taylor, Julie Christie, and Maggie Smith. [2] It is a biographical drama based upon the life of the playwright Seán O'Casey.
Young Cassidy: Directed by Jack Cardiff, John Ford. With Rod Taylor, Julie Christie, Maggie Smith, Michael Redgrave. The misadventures of a young idealist man in Dublin, Ireland in the early twentieth century.
In Dublin in 1911 during a period of growing protest against British rule, young John Cassidy is a laborer by day and a pamphleteer by night. Cassidy is a member of both the Irish Transport and General Workers Union and the Irish Citizens Army, which is trained for uprisings against the British.
Based on the early life of Irish playwright and notorious socialist Sean O'Casey, the film follows O'Casey (Rod Taylor) through the sordid underbelly of Dublin where he gets...
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The misadventures of a young idealist man in Dublin, Ireland in the early twentieth century. 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 ...
Finding success at the Abbey Theatre, his unorthodox views estrange him from family, friends, and his own past. 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 ...