Adventure · Comedy · Music
British
1965 · Directed by Richard Lester · 92 min
A ring that will not come off Ringo's finger makes the Beatles the target of a sacrificial cult, two bumbling scientists and Scotland Yard. The film is a colourful, absurd chase across London, the Alps and the Bahamas, with songs dropped in as free-standing set pieces.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining pop-cinema film of the British Invasion and Swinging London, it helped establish the band-as-comic-ensemble movie and a looser, faster, self-aware comic style.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a parody of the spy adventure, where the Beatles are fairly passive and the film's style does the real performing.
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