Billy Liar
Comedy
Romance
Drama
one guy ... three girls ... one ring!
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.
1963-08-15
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Cast
Director
John Schlesinger
Tom Courtenay as William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
Julie Christie as Liz
Wilfred Pickles as Geoffrey Fisher
Mona Washbourne as Alice Fisher
Ethel Griffies as Grandma Florence
Finlay Currie as Duxbury
Gwendolyn Watts as Rita
Helen Fraser as Barbara
Leonard Rossiter as Emanuel Shadrack
Rodney Bewes as Arthur Crabtree
George Innes as Stamp
Leslie Randall as Danny Boon
Patrick Barr as Inspector MacDonald
Ernest Clark as Prison Governor
Jack Cunningham as Ticket Examiner (uncredited)
Harry Landis as Man on Train (uncredited)
Anna Wing as Mrs. Crabtree (uncredited)
Sheila Fearn as Telephonist (uncredited)
Margaret Lacey as Mrs. Matthieson (uncredited)
Robin Parkinson as Jeweller's Assistant (uncredited)
Jessie Robins as Large Woman in Hospital (uncredited)
Jim Brady as Prisoner Escort (uncredited)
Neville Smith as Youth (uncredited)
John Tordoff as Youth in Wimpy Bar (uncredited)
John Schlesinger as Officer in Dream (uncredited)
Bryan Mosley as Bit Part (uncredited)