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The excitement of being there when it first happened!

Birth of the Beatles

6.5 1979 1h 44mNR
DramaMusic

The early days of the Fab Four are traced from their bleakest hours as unknowns on Penny Lane in Liverpool to their triumph on "The Ed Sullivan Show."

Directed by Richard Marquand

VISUAL ARCHIVE

Selected stills from the film

Birth of the Beatles still 1
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CAST

The people behind the story

Stephen MacKenna
Stephen MacKennaJohn Lennon
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Rod CulbertsonPaul McCartney
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Ray AshcroftRingo Starr
John Altman
John AltmanGeorge Harrison
Michael Ryan
Michael RyanPete Best
David Wilkinson
David WilkinsonStu Sutcliffe
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Brian JamesonBrian Epstein
Wendy Morgan
Wendy MorganCynthia Lennon
CURATED SCREEN

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