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Young Cassidy

Directed by	Jack Cardiff
Produced by	Robert Emmett Ginna Robert D. Graff
Written by	Sean O'Casey author Mirror in My House John Whiting
Starring	Rod Taylor Flora Robson Jack MacGowran
Music by	Sean O'Riada
Cinematography	Edward Scaife
Editing by	Anne V. Coates
Release date(s)	April 22, 1965
Running time	110 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Young Cassidy is a 1965 film directed by Jack Cardiff, and starring Rod Taylor.^[1] The film is a biographical drama based upon the life of the playwright Sean O'Casey.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 "Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland"
5 References
6 External links

Plot

Set in 1911, there is growing protest against British rule in Ireland, young John Cassidy is a laborer by day and a pamphleteer by night. When the pamphlets he has written incite riots, Cassidy realizes that he can do more for his people with the pen than with the sword. He writes a new play, The Plough and the Stars, which he submits to the Abbey Theatre (which had already rejected another of his plays, The Shadow of a Gunman), and is surprised when W.B. Yeats the founder of the Abbey, accepts and produces his new play. The opening of the play causes the audience to riot, and he loses many friends; but he is undeterred and is soon acclaimed as Ireland's outstanding young playwright.

Cast

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

Production

Based on Sean O'Casey's autobiography Mirror in my House (the umbrella title under which the six autobiographies he published from 1939 to 1956 were republished, in two large volumes, in 1956)^[2] the movie began production the year after O'Casey's death, changing his name in the film to John Cassidy. O'Casey had read earlier drafts of the movie, and gave his approval, as well as the choice of lead actor, Rod Taylor^[3] The movie was originally being directed by John Ford (who has already directed a movie version of The Plough and the Stars in 1936) but fell ill during production about three weeks into production and was replaced by Jack Cardiff^[4].

"Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland"

During the making of the movie, a behind-the-scenes documentary was filmed looking at the making of "Young Cassidy." Narrated by Herschel Bernardi, the film intersperses footage from "Young Cassidy" with footage of the actors preparing for their roles.^[3]

References

External links

v • d • e The films of Jack Cardiff

1950s	The Story of William Tell • Intent to Kill • Web of Evidence

1960s	Scent of Mystery • Sons and Lovers • My Geisha • The Lion • The Long Ships • Young Cassidy • The Liquidator • Dark of the Sun • The Girl on a Motorcycle

1970s	Penny Gold • The Mutations

v • d • e The films of John Ford

1910s	The Tornado • The Fighting Gringo • The Trail of Hate • The Scrapper • Cheyenne's Pal • The Soul Herder • Straight Shooting • The Secret Man • A Marked Man • Bucking Broadway • The Phantom Riders • Wild Women • Thieves' Gold • The Scarlet Drop • Hell Bent • A Woman's Fool • The Craving (with Francis Ford) • Three Mounted Men • Roped • The Fighting Brothers • A Fight for Love • Rustlers • Bare Fists • Gun Law • By Indian Post • The Gun Packer • Riders of Vengeance • The Last Outlaw • The Outcasts of Poker Flat • Ace of the Saddle • Rider of the Law • A Gun Fightin' Gentleman • Marked Men

1920s	The Prince of Avenue A • The Girl in Number 29 • Hitchin' Posts • Just Pals • The Big Punch • The Freeze-Out • The Wallop • Desperate Trails • Action • Sure Fire • Jackie • Little Miss Smiles • Silver Wings (with Edwin Carewe) • The Village Blacksmith • The Face on the Bar-Room Floor • Three Jumps Ahead • Cameo Kirby • North of Hudson Bay • Hoodman Blind • Hearts of Oak • Lightnin' • Kentucky Pride • Thank You • The Fighting Heart • The Shamrock Handicap • 3 Bad Men • Upstream • Four Sons • Napoleon's Barber • Strong Boy • The Black Watch

1930s	Men Without Women • Born Reckless • Up the River • Seas Beneath • The Brat • Arrowsmith • Airmail • Pilgrimage • Doctor Bull • The Lost Patrol • The World Moves On • Judge Priest • The Whole Town's Talking • The Informer • Steamboat Round the Bend • The Prisoner of Shark Island • Mary of Scotland • The Plough and the Stars • Wee Willie Winkie • The Hurricane • Four Men and a Prayer • Submarine Patrol • Stagecoach • Young Mr. Lincoln • Drums Along the Mohawk

1940s	The Grapes of Wrath • The Long Voyage Home • Tobacco Road • How Green Was My Valley • They Were Expendable • My Darling Clementine • The Fugitive • Fort Apache • 3 Godfathers • Pinky • She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1950s	When Willie Comes Marching Home • Wagon Master • Rio Grande • The Quiet Man • What Price Glory? • The Sun Shines Bright • Mogambo • The Long Gray Line • Mister Roberts (with Mervyn LeRoy) • The Searchers • The Wings of Eagles • The Rising of the Moon • Gideon's Day • The Last Hurrah • The Horse Soldiers

1960s	Sergeant Rutledge • Two Rode Together • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance • How the West Was Won (with Henry Hathaway and George Marshall) • Donovan's Reef • Cheyenne Autumn • 7 Women

Television	"Fireside Theatre" (1949) • The Bamboo Cross (1955) • "Screen Directors Playhouse" (1955) • "Wagon Train" (1957-1965)

Productions	The Iron Horse (1924) • The Blue Eagle (1926) • Mother Machree (1928) • Hangman's House (1928) • Riley the Cop (1928) • Salute (1929) • Flesh (1932) • The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) • Young Cassidy (1965)

Documentaries	Torpedo Squadron • Sex Hygiene (1942) • The Battle of Midway (1942) • December 7th (1943) • We Sail at Midnight (1943) • This Is Korea! (1951) • Korea (1959) • Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend (1976)

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