Yellow Submarine
The wicked Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, eliminating all color and music. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and journeys to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.
Critics Sentiment
The Beatles dress as Sgt. Pepper's Band and John defeats the Dreadful Flying Glove with All You Need Is Love
Ringo presses the panic button in the Sea of Monsters and is swept out of the submarine
The film climbs from its lowest point in the meandering Sea of Monsters sequence (6.5) to its peak during the Sgt. Pepper battle and All You Need Is Love climax (8.8), a swing of 2.3 points as the loose musical travelogue snaps into focused, triumphant resolution.
Yellow Submarine opens with strong visual invention and the beloved Eleanor Rigby sequence, then settles into a mid-film plateau where reviewers found the journey entertaining but narratively loose and occasionally slow. The film recovers powerfully in its final act, with the Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds sequence, the Sgt. Pepper battle, and the real Beatles cameo delivering the emotional and artistic highs that cemented the film's enduring reputation as a psychedelic masterpiece.
Full cast
Paul Angelis
Ringo Starr / Chief Blue Meanie / George / Narrator (voice)
John Clive
John Lennon (voice)
Dick Emery
Jeremy Hillary Boob, Ph.D. - Nowhere Man / Lord Mayor / Max (voice)
Geoffrey Hughes
Paul McCartney (voice) (as Geoff Hughes)
Lance Percival
Old Fred (voice)
Peter Batten
George (voice) (uncredited)
George Harrison
George (uncredited)
John Lennon
John (uncredited)
Paul McCartney
Paul (uncredited)
Ringo Starr
Ringo (uncredited)
Crew
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