About
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.
Theatrical
Mar 22, 1965
Director
Writer
Producers
Robert D. Graff, Michael Killanin, Robert Emmett Ginna
Music
Studio
Sextant Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Full credits →R
Rod Taylor
John Cassidy
J
Julie Christie
Daisy Battles
Maggie Smith
Nora
M
Michael Redgrave
W.B. Yeats
E
Edith Evans
Lady Gregory
F
Flora Robson
Mrs. Cassidy
J
Jack MacGowran
Archie
S
Siân Phillips
Ella
T
T. P. McKenna
Tom
P
Philip O'Flynn
Mick Mullen
P
Pauline Delaney
Bessie Ballynoy
A
Arthur O'Sullivan
Foreman
J
Joe Lynch
1st Hurler
V
Vincent Dowling
2nd Hurler
T
Tom Irwin
Constable
J
John McDarby
Carman at Cat & Cage
J
John Cowley
Barman at Cat & Cage
G
Gerry Sullivan
Barman
B
Bill Foley
Publisher's Clerk
J
John Franklyn
Bankteller
