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Billy Liar (1963)
Directed by John Schlesinger
“one guy ... three girls ... one ring!”
Comedy, Romance, Drama · 1h 38m
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.
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
G
Gwendolyn Watts
Rita
Helen Fraser
Barbara
Leonard Rossiter
Emanuel Shadrack
Rodney Bewes
Arthur Crabtree
George Innes
Stamp
Leslie Randall
Danny Boon
Crew
- Director
- John Schlesinger
- Screenplay
- Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall
- Novel
- Keith Waterhouse
- Director of Photography
- Denys N. Coop
- Original Music Composer
- Richard Rodney Bennett
- Editor
- Roger Cherrill
- Producer
- Joseph Janni
Details
- Release date
- 1963-08-15
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Vic Films Productions, Waterfall Productions
- Box office
- $35,609