He did it brilliantly, and along with Dick Lester's anarchic direction and some genuinely excellent comic turns from the band – especially George, witheringly dismissing a teen TV confection: "She's a drag, a well-known drag. "Bet you're sorry you won," Ringo snaps back.Īlun Owen, the Welsh playwright who had written the 1959 television play No Trams to Lime Street – a favourite of the band, not least because it was extremely Scouse – was picked to follow them around while they toured Ireland, trying to pick up their gags, their slang and their vibe. "I fought the war for your sort," huffs an old colonel as he confiscates Ringo's radio. If you're on a bit of a Beatles on film jag after watching The Beatles: Get Back, start with the scene on the train here.
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