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Richard Lester

Author of A Hard Day's Night [1964 film]

31+ Works 1,186 Members 22 Reviews

About the Author

Richard Lester's last film was Get Back, a documentary of the 1989-90 Paul McCartney tour. (Bowker Author Biography)

Includes the names: Richard Lester, Richard Lester, Richard Lester - Director, directed by Richard Lester

Series

Richard Lester's Musketeers

Works by Richard Lester

A Hard Day's Night [1964 film] (1964) — Director — 259 copies

4 Film Favorites: Superman: The Movie / Superman II / Superman III / Superman IV The Quest for Peace (2001) — Director — 137 copies

Superman II [1980 film] (1980) — Director — 132 copies

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum [1966 film] (1966) — Director — 112 copies

Help! [1965 film] (1965) — Director — 97 copies

Superman III [1983 film] (1983) — Director — 87 copies

Robin and Marian [1976 film] (1976) — Director — 58 copies

The Three Musketeers [1973 film] (1973) — Director — 55 copies

The Three Musketeers / The Four Musketeers (2003) 42 copies

The Four Musketeers [1974 film] (1974) — Director — 36 copies

The Bed Sitting Room [1969 film] (1969) 13 copies

Cuba [1979 film] (2002) 13 copies

The productive edge : how U.S. industries are pointing the way to a new era of economic growth (1998) 12 copies

Juggernaut [1974 film] (2003) 12 copies

The Mouse on the Moon [1963 film] (1963) 12 copies

The Ritz [1976 film] (1976) — Director — 11 copies

The Knack … and How to Get It [1965 film] (2002) — Director — 11 copies

Boutique London: King's Road to Carnaby Street (2010) 11 copies

John Bates: Fashion Designer (2008) 10 copies

Royal Flash [1975 film] (2007) 10 copies

Petulia [1968 film] (1988) — Director — 10 copies

How I Won The War [1967 film] (2016) — Director — 8 copies

Photographing Fashion: British Style in the Sixties (2009) 7 copies

Superman III [and] Superman IV (Double Feature Video) 6 copies

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days [1979 film] 6 copies

The Return of the Musketeers [1989 film] (1989) 6 copies

Woodfall: A Revolution in British Cinema (2018) — Director — 4 copies

MGM Classic Musicals Collection — Director — 4 copies

Dress of the Year (2014) 2 copies

Paul McCartney's Get Back World Tour (2005) 2 copies

The Beatles DVD Collector's Set (2000) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Beatles in Richard Lester's A Hard Day's Night - A Complete Pictorial Record of the Movie (1977) — Director — 37 copies

Sean Connery Collection (Never Say Never Again / Cuba / A Bridge Too Far) (2010) — Director — 5 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1932-01-19
Gender: male
Nationality: USA (birth)
UK
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Education: University of Pennsylvania
Occupations: film director

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The Four Musketeers by Richard Lester

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Musketeers_(1974_film)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073012/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_0_q_Nelj%25C3%25...

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Asko_Tolonen | Nov 10, 2023 |

The Three Musketeers (1974) by Richard Lester

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers_(1973_live-action_film)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072281/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_5_tt_8_nm_0_q_3%2520musket...

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Asko_Tolonen | 1 other review | Nov 10, 2023 |

A Funny thing happened on the way to the Forum

1934

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freixas | Mar 31, 2023 |

Help! The Beatles. by The Beatles

This is a pictorial story of the making of the movie. interesting for Beatles fans. It looks like it was obviously intended to be publicity to go with the movie.

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Karlstar | 1 other review | Jun 10, 2022 |

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Awards

By Award By Work

The Bed Sitting Room [1969 film] (Nominee – Dramatic Presentation – 1970)

501 Must-See Movies (Emma Beare, 2004)

A Hard Day's Night [1964 film] (Musical)

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Associated Authors

Charles Wood Screenwriter, Writer

David Newman Screenplay, Screenwriter

Leslie Newman Screenplay, Screenwriter

Alun Owen Screenwriter

George MacDonald Fraser Screenwriter

Mario Puzo Screenwriter

Sidney J. Furie Director

Marc Behm Screenwriter

James Goldman Screenwriter

J. Phillip Di Franco

John Antrobus Writer

Terrence McNally Playwright

Michael Pertwee Screenwriter

Leonard Wibberley Book

Lawrence B. Marcus Screenwriter

Desmond Davis Director

Joseph L. Mankiewicz Director

Karel Reisz Director

Norman Jewison Director

Ken Hughes Director

Robert Wise Director

John Lennon Actor

Margot Kidder Actor

Christopher Reeve Actor

George Harrison Actor

Ringo Starr Actor

Paul McCartney Actor

Ken Thorne Composer

Alexander Salkind Producer

Gene Hackman Actor

Jackie Cooper Actor

Oliver Reed Actor

Michael Crawford Actor

Richard Chamberlain Actor

Michael York Actor

Wilfrid Brambell Actor

Victor Spinetti Actor

Norman Rossington Actor

Anna Quayle Actor

Sean Connery Actor

Charlton Heston Actor

Raquel Welch Actor

Jean-Pierre Cassel Actor

Richard Harris Actor

Marlon Brando Actor

Terence Stamp Actor

Sarah Douglas Actor

Valerie Perrine Actor

Susannah York Actor

Jack O'Halloran Actor

E. G. Marshall Actor

Zero Mostel Actor

Plautus Original play

Stephen Sondheim Composer

Melvin Frank Screenwriter

Burt Shevelove Librettist

Nicolas Roeg Cinematographer

Leon Greene Actor

Buster Keaton Actor

Phil Silvers Actor

Jack Gilford Actor

Richard Pryor Actor

Pierre Spengler Producer

Marc McClure Actor

Pamela Stephenson Actor

Robert Vaughn Actor

Annette O'Toole Actor

Giorgio Moroder Music

Annie Ross Actor

Robert Shaw Actor

Nicol Williamson Actor

Ilya Salkind Producer

Alexandre Dumas père Original novel

David Watkin Director of photography

Michael Salkind Producer

Rita Tushingham Actor

Geraldine Chaplin Actor

Alexandre Dumas Original story

Dudley Moore Actor

Ralph Richardson Actor

Peter Cook Actor

Anthony Hopkins

Denis O'Dell Producer

Christopher J. Brown Actor

Dave King Actor

F. Murray Abraham Actor

Kaye Ballard Actor

John Everson Actor

John Haase Original book

Bessie Love Actor

Rita Moreno Actor

Treat Williams Actor

George C. Scott

Jack Weston Actor

Jerry Stiller Actor

Margaret Rutherford

Malcolm McDowell

John Ratzenberger Actor

Paul B. Price Actor

Patrick Ryan Original book

Christopher Reeves

Colin McDowell Foreword

John Berkey Poster artist

Statistics

Works: 31
Also by: 2
Members: 1,186
Popularity: #21,675
Rating: 3.8

Reviews: 22
ISBNs: 63

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