---
title: 'Help! (1965)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Lester'
released: '1965-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/help-1965'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059260/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Help! (1965)

1965 · 90 min · Comedy, Music · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Help! is a 1965 British musical comedy-adventure film directed by Richard Lester, starring the Beatles and featuring Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, Victor Spinetti, John Bluthal, Roy Kinnear and Patrick Cargill. The second film starring the Beatles, following Lester's A Hard Day's Night (1964), Help! sees the group struggle to protect Ringo Starr from a sinister eastern cult and a pair of mad scientists, all of whom are obsessed with obtaining a sacrificial ring sent to him by a fan. The soundtrack was released as the band's fifth studio album under the same name.

## Credits

- **Original Music Composer:** [The Beatles](https://cinepixo.com/people/the-beatles), [George Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-martin)
- **Director:** [Richard Lester](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-lester)
- **Screenplay:** [Marc Behm](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-behm)
- **Producer:** [Walter Shenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-shenson)
- **Director of Photography:** [David Watkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-watkin)
- **Editor:** [John Victor Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-victor-smith)

## Cast

- [John Lennon](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-lennon)
- [Jeremy Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-lloyd)
- [Ringo Starr](https://cinepixo.com/people/ringo-starr)
- [Victor Spinetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-spinetti)
- [George Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-harrison)
- [Zienia Merton](https://cinepixo.com/people/zienia-merton)
- [The Beatles](https://cinepixo.com/people/the-beatles)
- [Mal Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/mal-evans)
- [Leo McKern](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-mckern)
- [Eleanor Bron](https://cinepixo.com/people/eleanor-bron)
- [Thomas Baptiste](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-baptiste)
- [John Bluthal](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-bluthal)
- [Patrick Cargill](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-cargill)
- [Roy Kinnear](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-kinnear)
- [Paul McCartney](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-mccartney)

## Criticism on CinePixo

No reviews published yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/help-1965
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1131815); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.