Billy Liar

• 6.87 Comedy
• 1963-08-15
• 98 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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)

Director:

John Schlesinger

Writer:

Keith Waterhouse Willis Hall