Billy Liar

Billy Liar (1963)

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

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.

star 6.8
  • Release Date: 1963-08-15
  • Runtime: 1h 38min
  • Director: John Schlesinger

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Cast

  • Tom Courtenay

    William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher

  • Julie Christie

    Liz

  • Wilfred Pickles

    Geoffrey Fisher

  • Mona Washbourne

    Alice Fisher

  • Ethel Griffies

    Grandma Florence

  • Finlay Currie

    Duxbury

  • Gwendolyn Watts

    Rita

  • Helen Fraser

    Barbara

  • Leonard Rossiter

    Emanuel Shadrack

  • Rodney Bewes

    Arthur Crabtree

  • George Innes

    Stamp

  • Leslie Randall

    Danny Boon

  • Patrick Barr

    Inspector MacDonald

  • Ernest Clark

    Prison Governor

  • Godfrey Winn

    Disc Jockey

  • Jack Cunningham

    Ticket Examiner (uncredited)

  • Harry Landis

    Man on Train (uncredited)

  • E. V. H. Emmett

    Newsreel Commentator (uncredited)

  • Anna Wing

    Mrs. Crabtree (uncredited)

  • Sheila Fearn

    Telephonist (uncredited)

  • Muriel Day

    Singer - Dance Hall (uncredited)

  • Lester Leigh

    Band Leader - Dance Hall (uncredited)

  • Reginald Green

    Mr. Matthieson (uncredited)

  • Margaret Lacey

    Mrs. Matthieson (uncredited)

  • Robin Parkinson

    Jeweller's Assistant (uncredited)

  • David Scase

    Man in the Record Shop (uncredited)

  • Jessie Robins

    Large Woman in Hospital (uncredited)

  • Graham Rigby

    Supermarket Manager (uncredited)

  • Jim Brady

    Prisoner Escort (uncredited)

  • Neville Smith

    Youth (uncredited)

  • Leslie Lawton

    Youth (uncredited)

  • John Tordoff

    Youth in Wimpy Bar (uncredited)

  • Flo Fallows

    Prostitute (uncredited)

  • Alice Woods

    Prostitute (uncredited)

  • John Schlesinger

    Officer in Dream (uncredited)

  • Bryan Mosley

    Bit Part (uncredited)

  • Aleksander Browne

    Bit Part (uncredited)

  • James Byron

    Serviceman (uncredited)

  • Douglas Clarke

    Serviceman (uncredited)

  • Alan Clayton

    Serviceman (uncredited)

  • George Ghent

    Danny's PRO (uncredited)

  • Topsy Jane

    Liz (uncredited)

  • Natalie Kent

    Bit Part (uncredited)

  • Ted Morris

    Funeral Driver (uncredited)

  • Elisabeth Murray

    Bit Part (uncredited)

  • Stuart Myers

    Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)

  • James Payne

    Man in Station Cafe (uncredited)

  • George Spence

    Man in Crowd (uncredited)

  • Elaine Stevens

    Danny's Secretary (uncredited)

  • William Wymar

    Army Man (uncredited)

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