Billy Liar

Release date: 08/15/1963

Revenue: $35,609

Genres:

Comedy, Romance, Drama

Countries:

United Kingdom

Rating:

6.9

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.

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Actors

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)

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)

Billy Liar

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