Billy Liar
116 reviews
Comedy/Romance
1h 38m
1963
A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him to lie in order to avoid...
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A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him to lie in order to avoid the penalties. His life turns into a mess and he has an opportunity to run away and leave it all behind.
- DirectorJohn Schlesinger
- Release15 August 1963
- Genre
- Duration1h 38m
- Budget?
- Revenue$35,609
- Rate116 reviews
- Productions
Vic Films Productions, Waterfall Productions
Cast

Tom Courtenay
William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher

Julie Christie
Liz

Wilfred Pickles
Geoffrey Fisher

Mona Washbourne
Alice Fisher

Ethel Griffies
Grandma Florence

Finlay Currie
Duxbury

Gwendolyn Watts
Rita

Helen Fraser
Barbara

Leonard Rossiter
Emanuel Shadrack

Rodney Bewes
Arthur Crabtree

George Innes
Stamp

Leslie Randall
Danny Boon

Patrick Barr
Inspector MacDonald

Ernest Clark
Prison Governor

Jack Cunningham
Ticket Examiner (uncredited)

Harry Landis
Man on Train (uncredited)

E. V. H. Emmett
Newsreel Commentator (uncredited)

Anna Wing
Mrs. Crabtree (uncredited)

Sheila Fearn
Telephonist (uncredited)

Muriel Day
Singer - Dance Hall (uncredited)

Margaret Lacey
Mrs. Matthieson (uncredited)

Robin Parkinson
Jeweller's Assistant (uncredited)

Jessie Robins
Large Woman in Hospital (uncredited)

Jim Brady
Prisoner Escort (uncredited)

Neville Smith
Youth (uncredited)

John Tordoff
Youth in Wimpy Bar (uncredited)

John Schlesinger
Officer in Dream (uncredited)

Bryan Mosley
Bit Part (uncredited)

Topsy Jane
Liz (uncredited)

Natalie Kent
Bit Part (uncredited)
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