Billy Liar

Billy Liar (1963)

Comedy, Romance, Drama1 hour and 38 minutes
69%
User score

one guy ... three girls ... one ring!

Description

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.

Keith Waterhouse
Screenplay, Novel, Theatre Play
John Schlesinger
Director
Willis Hall
Screenplay, Theatre Play

Actors

Tom Courtenay
Tom Courtenay
William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
Julie Christie
Julie Christie
Liz
Wilfred Pickles
Wilfred Pickles
Geoffrey Fisher
Mona Washbourne
Mona Washbourne
Alice Fisher
Ethel Griffies
Ethel Griffies
Grandma Florence
Finlay Currie
Finlay Currie
Duxbury
Gwendolyn Watts
Gwendolyn Watts
Rita
Helen Fraser
Helen Fraser
Barbara
Leonard Rossiter
Leonard Rossiter
Emanuel Shadrack
Rodney Bewes
Rodney Bewes
Arthur Crabtree
George Innes
George Innes
Stamp
Leslie Randall
Leslie Randall
Danny Boon
Patrick Barr
Patrick Barr
Inspector MacDonald
Ernest Clark
Ernest Clark
Prison Governor
Godfrey Winn
Godfrey Winn
Disc Jockey
Jack Cunningham
Jack Cunningham
Ticket Examiner (uncredited)
Harry Landis
Harry Landis
Man on Train (uncredited)
E. V. H. Emmett
E. V. H. Emmett
Newsreel Commentator (uncredited)
Anna Wing
Anna Wing
Mrs. Crabtree (uncredited)
Sheila Fearn
Sheila Fearn
Telephonist (uncredited)
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

—

Revenue

$35,609

Keywords
dreamnorthern englandbased on novel or booklieyorkshiretrainambrosia