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      Young Cassidy

      1965 1 hr. 47 min. Biography List
      Reviews 47% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score 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 his first taste of the social injustices that would later inspire his work. Along the way he joins strikes, runs afoul of local law enforcement and has a relationship with prostitute Daisy Battles (Julie Christie). Eventually O'Casey meets bookshop assistant Nora (Maggie Smith) who helps channel his rage into the theater. Read More Read Less

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      Barry H Wonderfully directed historical film about the Irish playwright Seán O'Casey with great performances by Rod Taylor and Maggie Smith. Michael Redgrave is great as W.B. Yeats. Julie Christie plays a small role at the beginning of the 1965 movie. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/18/24 Full Review Audience Member One of John Ford's finest. This 1965 biopic of Irish playwright and social activist Sean O'Casey is a joy to watch, and full of the colorful characters only John Ford could create. It stars the vastly underrated Rod Taylor along with Julie Christie and a very young Maggie Smith. It's about love, loss, poverty and rebellion as seen through the eyes of a young playwright (called John Cassidy in this film). Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review s r Could've been much better, but it still had some great powerful moments. It just felt like it was forced, like all the coincidences just happen to fall on him so that he would have this epiphany. It was prolly my favorite Rod Taylor movie though. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member correction john ford did not direct this only produced it it being an well acted bio-pic also year is not 2012 but 1965. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member In this 1965 production, Rod Taylor plays the playwright Sean O'Casey in his youth. Maggie Smith plays Lady Gregory. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Joan Didion Vogue I think I have never seen anything sillier. Mar 11, 2020 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Intelligent biopic. Rated: B- Mar 22, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis 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 his first taste of the social injustices that would later inspire his work. Along the way he joins strikes, runs afoul of local law enforcement and has a relationship with prostitute Daisy Battles (Julie Christie). Eventually O'Casey meets bookshop assistant Nora (Maggie Smith) who helps channel his rage into the theater.
      Director
      Jack Cardiff, John Ford
      Screenwriter
      John Whiting
      Production Co
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
      Genre
      Biography
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Sep 6, 2012