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
![Troy Melton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/780/161780728_435250.jpg)
Troy Melton
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Change of Habit (1969)
The Green Hornet (1974) - a.f.
The Beatles (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Go Go Mania (1965)
Help! (1965)
![George Harrison](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/098/165098654_567dea.jpg)
George Harrison (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
Life of Brian (1979)
The Rutles in All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV movie)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
![John Lennon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270684_27b846.jpg)
John Lennon (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
Forrest Gump (1994) - a.f.
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon (2003) (music video)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
![Paul McCartney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/579/161579720_5eebdd.jpg)
Paul McCartney (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
Live 8 (2005) (concert)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Yellow Submarine (1968)
![Ringo Starr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/098/165098655_82e12a.jpg)
Ringo Starr (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Yellow Submarine (1968)
Go Go Mania (1965)
![Brian Epstein](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/445/159445252_77b2a6.jpg)
Brian Epstein (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon (2003) (music video)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) - a.f.
![Dave Adams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/160/162160918_b5eb86.jpg)
Dave Adams
Best movies:
I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989) (TV movie)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
Bad Santa (2003)
![Victor Brandt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/288/162288703_75ee5e.jpg)
Victor Brandt
USA
Best movies:
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
Wacko (1982)
Jimmy Nickerson
Best movies:
My Fellow Americans (1996)
Hard Times (1975)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
George Sawaya
USA
Best movies:
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Hands of a Stranger (1962)
Wil Albert
USA
Best movies:
Barfly (1987)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
John Malloy
USA
Best movies:
The Bear (1984)
Cannery Row (1982)
Hoffa (1992)
Luke Andreas
USA
Best movies:
The Rose (1979)
Bustin' Loose (1981)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
Derek Barton
Best movies:
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
Command 5 (1985) (TV movie)
Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
Leoda Richards
USA
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Irene Arranga
USA
Best movies:
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)