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
Cast
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)
