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Film · Drama, Comedy, Romance

Billy Liar (1963)

★ 6.8 · 128 votesIMDb★ 7.2 · 7,820 votes1 h 38 minDrama, Comedy, Romance1963

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.

Director
John Schlesinger
Writers
Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Release date
August 15, 1963

Billy Liar was released on August 15, 1963.

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Billy Liar cast

  • Tom CourtenayWilliam Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
  • Julie ChristieLiz
  • Wilfred PicklesGeoffrey Fisher
  • Mona WashbourneAlice Fisher
  • Ethel GriffiesGrandma Florence
  • Finlay CurrieDuxbury
  • Gwendolyn WattsRita
  • Helen FraserBarbara
  • Leonard RossiterEmanuel Shadrack
  • Rodney BewesArthur Crabtree
  • George InnesStamp
  • Leslie RandallDanny Boon
  • Patrick BarrInspector MacDonald
  • Ernest ClarkPrison Governor
  • Godfrey WinnDisc Jockey
  • Jack CunninghamTicket Examiner (uncredited)
  • Harry LandisMan on Train (uncredited)
  • E. V. H. EmmettNewsreel Commentator (uncredited)
  • Anna WingMrs. Crabtree (uncredited)
  • Sheila FearnTelephonist (uncredited)
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