Help!

Help! (1965)

Timing: 1:32 (92 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1965-07-29

Country

United Kingdom

Production

Subafilms

Genre

Comedy, Music, Adventure

Budget

$1 500 000

Revenue

$0

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Director

Richard Lester

Actors

George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, Victor Spinetti, Roy Kinnear, John Bluthal, Patrick Cargill
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Scenario

Producer

Walter Shenson

Operator

David Watkin

Composer

Artist

Audition

Editing

John Victor-Smith
All team (20)

• The film features a melody from the song A Hard Day's Night, not performed in the film by The Beatles themselves. It is performed by an Indian orchestra and a military bugle.
• Mel Evans (1935-1976), The Beatles' road manager, appeared as the swimmer in the film.
• According to Paul McCartney, the script for the film took into account the band members' desire to travel to the Austrian Alps and the Bahamas, places they had never been before.
• According to the members of The Beatles, they were all indulging in marijuana at the time of filming. This explains why they often make mistakes in their lines or utter nonsense.
• Initially, The Beatles planned to film a Western. The action was to take place in Texas, and they would compete for the love of a cattle rancher’s daughter. Photographs of the members of The Beatles on horseback in cowboy attire have even been preserved. The Western was never made, and instead, they began filming this film.
• During the filming of the bicycle scene, an Indian man approached the band with a book about reincarnation, which sparked George Harrison's (1943-2001) fascination with Hinduism, a passion he carried throughout his life.
• According to George Harrison, during the filming of the scene with the horse and the window, the members of The Beatles laughed so much that filming that one scene took almost the entire day.
• The film was already in post-production while filming was still ongoing. Director Richard Lester shot during the day and edited the footage at night.