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