I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern

IMDb 5.0 2011 • 47 min • Documentary

Director

John Piper

Country

Plot Summary

I Was There…When the Beatles Played The Cavern tells the story of the underground venue which has become synonymous with one of the world’s greatest bands – The Beatles. The programme includes rare archive footage of the Cavern Club in the sixties, including film of The Beatles performing ‘Some Other Guy’ at the club. On 9 February 1961, having recently returned to Liverpool from performing in Hamburg, The Beatles played at The Cavern for the first of nearly 300 appearances at the club. By the time they played their last gig there, Beatlemania had swept Britain and the band was conquering the world.

Top Cast

Pete Best
Pete Best Self
Bernadette Byrne
Bernadette Byrne Self
Frankie Connor
Frankie Connor Self
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello Self (archive footage)
Tony Crane
Tony Crane Self