"He's a brawling, sprawling giant - on the make for fame and fortune and then some!"25 February 1965Drama110 mins
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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Alternative movies trailers for Young Cassidy
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The Young Cassidy (Original Theatrical Trailer)
Young Cassidy: Young John Cassidy is a driven man. By day he works manual labor secretly trains in the hills with a band of ...
Young Cassidy (Preview Clip)
Young Cassidy: Young John Cassidy is a driven man. By day he works manual labor secretly trains in the hills with a band of ...
Oscar Winner Julie Christie Plays A Hooker - Young Cassidy (1965)
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Popular movie trailers from 1965
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In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
A group of women are workmates at a laundry. Rike is spreading a rumor about the manager Marta, a rumor that Marta is a lesbian and that she once tried to seduce Rike.
The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month strand, adapted by Santha Ramu Rau and John Maynard, and directed by Waris Hussein.
