Movie
Cassidy
1917 · 50 min
A somber, slow silent drama of illness and desperation, watching a dying man grasp at dignity feels heavy and earnest.
- Directed by
- Arthur Rosson
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Richard Rosson, Frank Currier, Pauline Curley
- Overview
- Cassidy, a derelict suffering from tubercular lungs, who is stranded in San Francisco, realizes that death is imminent and desperately seeks to return to his home town of New York. Determining to rob a house in order to procure the funds to complete his journey, Cassidy breaks into District Attorney Grant's home but is caught by Grant.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, bleak and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Death, survival, isolation, redemption
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Arthur Rosson
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Richard Rosson, Frank Currier, Pauline Curley


