Young Cassidy
“He's a brawling, sprawling giant - on the make for fame and fortune and then some!”
1965 · 1 h 50 min
John FordCast
Rod Taylor 
Flora Robson 
Jack MacGowran 
Siân Phillips 
T.P. McKenna Julie Ross
Credits
Written by: John Whiting
Plot
In Dublin circa 1911, John Cassidy, a laborer, becomes a writer under the influence of the Abbey Theatre and Yeats.
Sinekatalog’s take
John Ford and Jack Cardiff's film, from Sean O'Casey's memoir, with Rod Taylor, Maggie Smith and Flora Robson, is warm and rowdy, with Ford's last Irish cast.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.5 / 10 (1,481 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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