The Magic Christian, starring Ringo Starr and Peter Sellers, was the reason The Beatles were up against a deadline to record Let it Be. But it was also an actual film that you can watch and everything. How did Ringo get on in his first starring role without the others? Is its anti-capitalist theme expressed with any purpose? And why is Yul Brynner in it singing a Noel Coward song to Roman Polanski? (Spoiler: we can't answer this one.)

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The Beatles Films Podcast is hosted by Matt Looker and Ed Williamson. We're both film writers and Beatles fans. Between us we've written for TheShiznit.co.uk, Total Film, Den of Geek and Virgin Media.

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