A Hard Day's Night

A Hard Day's Night

11/8/1964 1h 28m 7.3/10

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.

Director

Richard Lester

Top Billed Cast

George Harrison

George Harrison

George

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Paul

Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr

Ringo

John Lennon

John Lennon

John

Wilfrid Brambell

Wilfrid Brambell

Grandfather

Norman Rossington

Norman Rossington

Norm

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

12/2/2024

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 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, Bramble looks like startled rabbit - as only he could - and the scenes with the screaming fans contribute well to the overall sense of adulation in which this band were held. It makes no pretence to be a film of great cinematographic worth - which is just as well 'cos it isn't - but as 90 minutes of almost fly-on-the wall fun and games, it's well worth a watch.

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