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