Young Cassidy (1965)
Directed by
Jack Cardiff
Writing credits
Sean O'Casey (autobiography Mirror in My House)
John Whiting
Genre: Biography / Drama
User Rating: 6.3/10 (157 votes)
Cast overview, first billed only:
Rod Taylor .... John Cassidy
Flora Robson .... Mrs. Cassidy
Jack MacGowran .... Archie
Siân Phillips .... Ella
T.P. McKenna .... Tom
Julie Ross .... Sara
Robin Sumner .... Michael
Philip O'Flynn .... Mick Mullen (as Phillip O'Flynn)
Maggie Smith .... Nora
Julie Christie .... Daisy Battles
Pauline Delaney .... Bessie Ballynoy (as Pauline Delany)
Edith Evans .... Lady Gregory
Michael Redgrave .... W.B. Yeats
Arthur O'Sullivan .... Foreman
Joe Lynch .... 1st Hurler
Runtime: Germany:105 min / USA:110 min / Argentina:108 min
Country: UK
Language: English
Color: Color (Metrocolor)
Sound Mix: Mono
Certification: Australia:PG / Finland:K-8 / Sweden:15 / Argentina:13
Awards: Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. (more)
i was most amused to see the credits start presenting a John Ford film and the credits ending with "directed by Jack Cardiff."
I believe John Ford was responsible for a few scenes in the film, including the scene where Rod Taylor (Sean O'Casey/Cassidy) enters the room where his mother (Dame Flora Robson) lies dead. This sequence is extraordinary--described and narrated by Taylor's monologue and actions. This does not stand up to the quality of the rest of the film, which is below average. Now Cardiff is a good cinematographer. He has to deal with a great cast assembled by Ford, who individually perform very well, and are captured well by Cardiff's visual eye but lack the vision of a great director to string the pearls together into a great necklace. The film's ending is amusing--a poor man turned rich man handing a crown to a vagrant who appreciates the worth of the money. What had the ending to do with what preceded it? If anything, the final scene is ambiguous and one begins to wonder whether the director was making a hero of Sean O'Casey or was he chastising him as are the film's oblique comments on Yeats living in sheltered house, policed by the British. The poor man turned into a rich and famous playwright is presented to us in fits and starts. The film did have a good intention but it lapses into mediocrity. Only two characters develop well--the mother (Robson) and Nora (Maggie Smith).
Julie Christie is mesmerising in any film but her character is never developed. Maggie Smith has charmed audiences over the years but this film is definitely one of her finest. Dames Robson and Evans are daunting thespians. Add to them Michael Redgrave. All great actors--including Aussie Rod Taylor. The film does not end with a bang but with a whimper.
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