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Billy Liar

19636.8 / 1098 min

Comedy, Romance, Drama

Overview

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

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

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)

Crew

Keith Waterhouse

Screenplay

John Schlesinger

Director

Keith Waterhouse

Novel

Willis Hall

Screenplay

Richard Rodney Bennett

Original Music Composer

Mike Rutter

Focus Puller

Tom Buchanan

Boom Operator

Charles Blair

Production Manager

Willis Hall

Theatre Play

Keith Waterhouse

Theatre Play

Jack Rix

Associate Producer

Roger Cherrill

Editor

Joyce James

Hairstylist

Bob Lawrance

Makeup Artist

Miriam Brickman

Casting

Ray Simm

Art Direction

Frank Ernst

First Assistant Director

Joseph Janni

Producer

Denys N. Coop

Director of Photography

Martin Atkinson

Draughtsman

Neil Binney

Focus Puller

Clifford Cross

Standby Carpenter

Jim Brennan

Second Assistant Director

Tom Brooker

Props

Phil Meighan

Props

Dennis Maddison

Property Buyer

Peter Handford

Sound Recordist

Archie Eyers

Electrician

John Cox

Sound Recordist

Jack Atcheler

Camera Operator

Bill Read

Painter

John Campbell

Clapper Loader

Fred Burrows

Electrician

Kesra Singh

Electrician

Ken Bridgeman

Set Dresser

Frank Robertson

Electrician

John Feehan

Props

Bert Lott

Grip

Harry Gillard

Still Photographer

Malcolm Cooke

Sound Editor

Ralph Weighell

Electrician

Wilfred Campbell

Electrician

Percy Fisher

Electrician

John Illisley

Electrician

Frank Willis

Electrician

Ron Beck

Wardrobe Master

John Hollingsworth

Conductor

Jack Laxton

Camera Car

Jean Short

Assistant Editor

Laura Nightingale

Wardrobe Supervisor

Jack Gardner

First Assistant Editor

Edna Tromans

Publicist

Pamela Mann

Continuity

Ann Skinner

Production Secretary