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Robert D. Graff was born on 18 November 1919. He was a producer and director, known for Wisdom (1957), Young Cassidy (1965) and F.D.R. (1965). He died on 27 January 2019.
- Producer, Director
- November 18, 1919
- Robert D. Graff
- January 27, 2019
Set in 1911 and the growing protest against British rule in Ireland, young John Cassidy (Seán O'Casey) [3] is a labourer by day and a pamphleteer by night. When the pamphlets he has written incite riots, Cassidy realizes he can do more for his people with the pen than with the sword.
Young Cassidy (1965) 1965 United Kingdom. Directed by. Jack Cardiff. Produced by. Robert D. Graff, Robert Emmett Ginna. Featuring. Rod Taylor, Julie Christie, Edith Evans. Commercial and licensing.
Robert D. Graff. Robert Emmett Ginna. Edward Joseph. Sean O'Riada. Sean O'Casey. John Whiting. 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 ...
Based on the early life of Irish playwright and notorious socialist Sean O'Casey, the film follows O'Casey (Rod Taylor) through the sordid underbelly...
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- Jack Cardiff, John Ford
- Biography
Robert D. Graff Papers on the Production of Young Cassidy, 1960-1976 (MS Thr 381). Houghton Library, Harvard University
Rod Taylor, an Australian born actor, plays the youthful O'Casey, the revolutionary labor leader struggling for literary recognition. He has acquired a Dublin accent for the part. Jack...
