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Young Cassidy

“He's a brawling, sprawling giant - on the make for fame and fortune and then some!”

1965 · 1 h 50 min
Directed by John Ford
BiographyDrama

Cast

Cast not recorded here

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.