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1965 musical comedy-adventure film starring the Beatles
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Vinony files it under 1960s adventure comedy films, 1960s satirical films and 1965 British films.
Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.
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6.9An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come off). On top of that, a pair of mad scientists, members of Scotland Yard, and a beautiful but dead-eyed assassin all have their own plans for the Fab Four.
Cast
- George Harrison as George
- John Lennon as John
- Paul McCartney as Paul
- Ringo Starr as Ringo
- Leo McKern as Clang
- Eleanor Bron as Ahme
Themes
- surreal
- musical
- cult
- satire
- mad scientist
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
22,251 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Metacritic
58/100
- Year
- 1965
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy, Musical
- Rated
- G
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 BAFTA 5 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Richard Lester
- Screenplay by
- Marc Behm Charles Wood
- Story by
- Marc Behm
- Produced by
- Walter Shenson
- Starring
- Paul McCartney The Beatles Leo McKern Eleanor Bron Victor Spinetti Roy Kinnear
- Cinematography
- David Watkin
- Edited by
- John Victor-Smith
- Music by
- Musical Director: Ken Thorne Songs: Lennon-McCartney George Harrison
- Production companies
- Walter Shenson Films Subafilms
- Distributed by
- United Artists
- Release dates
- 29 July 1965 ( 1965-07-29 ) (UK) 11 August 1965 ( 1965-08-11 ) (US)
- Running time
- 92 minutes
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1.5 million
- Box office
- $12.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- The Beatles filmography
- Genre
- musical film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Alps
- Director
- Richard Lester
- Screenwriter
- Marc Behm
- Cast member
- Jeremy Lloyd
- Composer
- George Martin
- Producer
- Walter Shenson
- Production company
- United Artists
- Cinematographer
- David Watkin
- Narrative location
- London
- Filming location
- Austria
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 610187
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- The Beatles Trailer USHelp.jpg
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- publication date
- 1965-00-00
- title
- Help!
- distributed by
- Netflix
- working title
- Eight Arms To Hold You
- review score
- 86%
- Commons category
- Help! (film)
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