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Billy Liar
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.
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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
Details
- Director
- John Schlesinger
- Writers
- Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall
- Release date
- August 15, 1963
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Box office
- $35.6K worldwide
- Original language
- English
- Studios
- Vic Films Productions, Waterfall Productions
