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07/07/1964 Comedy, Music 1h 28m
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The Beatles, starring in their first full-length, hilarious, action-packed film!

Overview

Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.

  1. Richard Lester

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. John Lennon

    John

  2. Paul McCartney

    Paul

  3. George Harrison

    George

  4. Ringo Starr

    Ringo

  5. Wilfrid Brambell

    Grandfather

  6. Norman Rossington

    Norm

  7. John Junkin

    Shake

  8. Victor Spinetti

    T.V. Director

  9. Anna Quayle

    Millie

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-12-02
Who says there were no pop videos in the 1960s? This is an example of one, two, three - indeed, possibly five - all loosely connected via a daftly enjoyable storyline featuring old "Steptoe" himself - Mr. Wilfrid Bramble. It has a plot, not that it remotely matters: the fab four are heading to London to do a television show and poor old Ringo gets separated - much to the chagrin of the programme's director. What ensues are various enjoyable escapades interspersed with some dapper performances from the band. The thing is riddled with charisma - the band are clearly having a whale of a time, Bra...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$560,000.00

Revenue
$11,000,000.00

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