A Hard Day's Night

1964 88 min ★ 7.3 Comedy, Music

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.

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Cast

John Lennon

John

Paul McCartney

Paul

George Harrison

George

Ringo Starr

Ringo

Wilfrid Brambell

Grandfather

Norman Rossington

Norm

John Junkin

Shake

Victor Spinetti

T.V. Director

Anna Quayle

Millie

Deryck Guyler

Police Inspector

Details

Director

Richard Lester

Screenplay

Alun Owen

Tagline

"The Beatles, starring in their first full-length, hilarious, action-packed film!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$560,000

Revenue

$11,000,000

Production

Proscenium Films, Walter Shenson Films

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

December 2, 2024

★ 7/10

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...