Directed by:
Robert ZemeckisCinematography:
Donald M. MorganCast:
Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Marc McClure, Susan Kendall Newman, Theresa Saldana, Eddie Deezen, Christian Juttner, Will Jordan, Dick Miller, Newt Arnold (more)Plots(1)
On February 9, 1964, the Beatles made their first live appearance on American television on The Ed Sullivan Show, ratcheting up the frenzy of a fanbase whose ecstatic devotion to the band heralded an explosive new wave of youth culture. I Wanna Hold Your Hand looks back to that fateful weekend, following six teenagers, each with their own reasons for wanting to see the Fab Four, from New Jersey to Manhattan on a madcap mission to meet the band and score tickets to the show. With this rollicking first feature, director Robert Zemeckis and cowriter Bob Gale established themselves as a filmmaking team par excellence, adept at mining America’s cultural memory for comedy and adventure with a winning mixture of sweet nostalgia and playful irreverence. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Nancy Allen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270952_52f42a.jpg)
Nancy Allen
USA
Best movies:
RoboCop (1987)
The Last Detail (1973)
Carrie (1976)
![Bobby Di Cicco](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/245/158245283_6466dc.jpg)
Bobby Di Cicco
USA
Best movies:
The Night Of (2016) (series)
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
![Marc McClure](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/111/158111785_15b2c2.jpg)
Marc McClure
USA
Best movies:
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Susan Kendall Newman
USA
Best movies:
A Wedding (1978)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
Slap Shot (1977)
![Theresa Saldana](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/834/160834626_4a31e4.jpg)
Theresa Saldana
USA
Best movies:
Raging Bull (1980)
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980) (TV movie)
Defiance (1980)
Eddie Deezen
USA
Best movies:
Grease (1978)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
WarGames (1983)
![Christian Juttner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/908/162908485_473f81.jpg)
Christian Juttner
USA
Best movies:
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
The Swarm (1978)
Will Jordan
USA
Best movies:
The Doors (1991)
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
![Dick Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/146/163146879_161189.png)
Dick Miller
USA
Best movies:
The Terminator (1984)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
V: The Final Battle (1984) (series)
Newt Arnold
USA
Best movies:
The Goonies (1985)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
D.C. Cab (1983)
![Kristine DeBell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280268_23729c.jpg)
Kristine DeBell
USA
Best movies:
Bloodbrothers (1978)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
Alice in Wonderland: An X-Rated Musical Fantasy (1976)
James Houghton
USA
Best movies:
North and South (1985) (series)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
Superstition (1982)
Marty Thomas
USA
Best movies:
Big Wednesday (1978)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
Killer Holiday (2013)
![Read Morgan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/259/160259643_5e81aa.jpg)
Read Morgan
USA
Best movies:
Back to the Future (1985)
Maverick (1994)
Rocky IV (1985)
![Ed Call](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/353/160353281_94dbb7.jpg)
Ed Call
USA
Best movies:
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
The Klansman (1974)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
![Wendie Jo Sperber](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/367/160367363_7135de.gif)
Wendie Jo Sperber
USA
Best movies:
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Grease (1978)
Jeffrey Weissman
Best movies:
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
The Rose (1979)
Gene LeBell
USA
Best movies:
Raging Bull (1980)
Ed Wood (1994)
Man on the Moon (1999)
![Claude Earl Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/644/160644758_08f11b.jpg)
Claude Earl Jones
Best movies:
Centennial (1978) (series)
Miracle Mile (1988)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
![Ivy Bethune](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/519/161519306_91963d.jpg)
Ivy Bethune
Russia
Best movies:
Back to the Future (1985)
Wrong Is Right (1982)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)