Synopsis · Narré par Malcolm McDowell et agrémenté d'interviews de proches du groupe et d'images d'archives inédites, ce documentaire retrace l'histoire des Beatles.

Casting de The Compleat Beatles

Malcolm McDowell

Le narrateur (voix)

Gerry Marsden

Self - Gerry and the Pacemakers

Allan Williams

Self - Beatles' First Manager

Bill Harry

Self - Editor: Mersey Beat

Tony Sheridan

Lui-même

Horst Fascher

Self - Manager: Star Club, Hamburg

Billy J. Kramer

Lui-même

Bob Wooler

Self - DJ: Cavern Club

George Martin

Self - Record Producer

Nicholas Schaffner

Self - Author, The Beatles Forever

Et aussi

Milton Okun

Self - Record Producer-Arranger

Bruce Johnston

Self - The Beach Boys

Guitariste

Self - Musicologist

Lui-même

Lui-même

Self - Additional Narration (voice)

Peter Kanze

Self - Newsreel Announcer (voice)

Paul Killiam

Self - Newsreel Announcer (voice)

The Beatles

Eux-mêmes (images d'archive)

Marc Sinden

Lui-même

Chuck Berry

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pattie Boyd

Self (with George Harrison) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Eddie Cochran

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Fats Domino

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lonnie Donegan

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Donovan

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Brian Epstein

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Don Everly

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Phil Everly

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mia Farrow

Self (in India with the Maharishi) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bill Haley

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

George Harrison

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mick Jagger

Self (at All You Need Is Love session) (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Lennon

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Lester

Self - Directs 'A Hard Day's Night' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jerry Lee Lewis

Self (with underage bride) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Little Richard

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mike Love

Self (in India with the Maharishi) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Paul McCartney

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Yoko Ono

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Elvis Presley

Self (in the US Army) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Prince Philip

Self (with the Beatles) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Self (with the Beatles) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cliff Richard

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ringo Starr

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ed Sullivan

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harold Wilson

Self (with the Beatles) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Self (with the Beatles) (archive footage) (uncredited)