Release Date

25 Feb, 1965

Runtime

01:50: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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

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.

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Actors

Rod Taylor

Julie Christie

Maggie Smith

Michael Redgrave

Edith Evans

Flora Robson

Jack MacGowran

Siân Phillips

T. P. McKenna

Julie Ross

Robin Sumner

Philip O'Flynn

Pauline Delaney

Arthur O'Sullivan

Joe Lynch

Vincent Dowling

Tom Irwin

John McDarby

John Cowley

Gerry Sullivan

Bill Foley

Crew

Jack Cardiff

John Whiting

Edward Scaife

Miriam Brickman

Maude Onslow

Edward Joseph

Michael Stringer

Robert D. Graff

Margaret Furse

Anne V. Coates

Ernest Gasser

John Quested

Sean O'Riada

Michael Killanin