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