Rod Taylor was the ideal choice for the lead role in this always interesting vision of early life and career of Irish playwright Sean O'Casey, from his autobiog.
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An eccentric Scottish schoolteacher's extravagantly romantic ideas about life--and love--overly impress her young pupils and bring her into conflict with her school's conservative headmistre.
I truly enjoyed every minute of this movie that night, and I still love it today.
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.
Her picturesque 15th-century red brick home, purchased by Smith and late husband and playwright Beverley Cross in 1981, is located on a large plot of land in the English countryside.