Billy Liar
Billy Liar
Release: 1963-08-15
·Runtime: 98m
·★ 6.8
Comedy
Romance
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Vic Films Productions
Waterfall Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Helen Fraser
as Barbara
George Innes
as Stamp
Margaret Lacey
as Mrs. Matthieson (uncredited)
Jessie Robins
as Large Woman in Hospital (uncredited)
Neville Smith
as Youth (uncredited)
John Schlesinger
as Officer in Dream (uncredited)
Wilfred Pickles
as Geoffrey Fisher
Ethel Griffies
as Grandma Florence
Gwendolyn Watts
as Rita
Jack Cunningham
as Ticket Examiner (uncredited)
Finlay Currie
as Duxbury
Sheila Fearn
as Telephonist (uncredited)
Julie Christie
as Liz
Leslie Randall
as Danny Boon
Patrick Barr
as Inspector MacDonald
Mona Washbourne
as Alice Fisher
Leonard Rossiter
as Emanuel Shadrack
Ernest Clark
as Prison Governor
Robin Parkinson
as Jeweller's Assistant (uncredited)
Jim Brady
as Prisoner Escort (uncredited)
Tom Courtenay
as William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
Anna Wing
as Mrs. Crabtree (uncredited)
John Tordoff
as Youth in Wimpy Bar (uncredited)
Bryan Mosley
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Rodney Bewes
as Arthur Crabtree
Harry Landis
as Man on Train (uncredited)