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Director:
Jack Cardiff
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Writers:
Sean O'Casey (autobiography Mirror in My House)
John Whiting (writer)
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Release Date:
22 April 1965 (Argentina) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Tagline:
He's a brawling, sprawling giant - on the make for fame and fortune and then some!
Plot:
Biographical drama based on the early life of playwright Sean O'Casey, depicting his rise from the 1910... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. more
NewsDesk:
Jack Cardiff, Legendary Cinematographer, Director And Writer, Dies At Age 94
 (From CinemaRetro. 22 April 2009, 3:59 PM, PDT)
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What Ford really directed more (11 total)

Cast

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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
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Runtime:
Germany:105 min | USA:110 min | Argentina:108 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:PG | West Germany:16 (f) | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:15 | Argentina:13
Filming Locations:
County Wicklow, Ireland more
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Director John Ford fell ill during production and was replaced by Jack Cardiff. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The Abbey Theatre: The First 100 Years (2004) more

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8 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
What Ford really directed, 22 January 2003
Author: dbdumonteil

Two scenes, but one of them is the best of the whole movie:the mother's death.The camera only shows the hero when he enters the fateful room;we see the tragedy on his face longer than usual before the camera reaches the deathbed.There's a similar scene in JF 's "three godfathers" when the outlaws meet the dying mother in her wagon.The second scene is the fight in the pub which recalls "the quiet man" .

As for the lead,Ford wanted Sean Connery but he was too busy playing OO7.The female parts are strong,featuring Flora Robson,Maggie Smith and Julie Christie ,but the latter only appears for a few minutes.A lot of colorful characters ,from the stingy heartless undertakers to the "keep cool boy" grocer,from the old lady mixing with the riffraff by welcoming the playwright's committed dramas to the obscure librarian ,give the movie substance.

These two scenes and "Seven women" two years later were John Ford's swansong.

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