Billy Liar

Billy Liar

6.9 | 1963-08-15 | 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.

Featured 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

Cast

Tom Courtenay
Tom Courtenay
William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
Wilfred Pickles
Wilfred Pickles
Geoffrey Fisher
Mona Washbourne
Mona Washbourne
Alice Fisher
Ethel Griffies
Ethel Griffies
Grandma Florence
Helen Fraser
Helen Fraser
Barbara
Leonard Rossiter
Leonard Rossiter
Emanuel Shadrack
Rodney Bewes
Rodney Bewes
Arthur Crabtree

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