Billy Liar

Billy Liar

98 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Aug. 15, 1963

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.

Billy Liar

98 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Aug. 15, 1963

Billy Liar
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Vic Films Productions, Waterfall Productions
Original title Billy Liar
Directors Jim Brennan, Pamela Mann, Frank Ernst, John Schlesinger
Writers Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall

Cast

Tom Courtenay

as William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher

Wilfred Pickles

as Geoffrey Fisher

Mona Washbourne

as Alice Fisher

Ethel Griffies

as Grandma Florence

Finlay Currie

as Duxbury

Gwendolyn Watts

as Rita

Helen Fraser

as Barbara

Leonard Rossiter

as Emanuel Shadrack

Rodney Bewes

as Arthur Crabtree

George Innes

as Stamp

Leslie Randall

as Danny Boon

Patrick Barr

as Inspector MacDonald

Ernest Clark

as Prison Governor

Godfrey Winn

as Disc Jockey

Jack Cunningham

as Ticket Examiner (uncredited)

Harry Landis

as Man on Train (uncredited)

E. V. H. Emmett

as Newsreel Commentator (uncredited)

Anna Wing

as Mrs. Crabtree (uncredited)

Sheila Fearn

as Telephonist (uncredited)

Muriel Day

as Singer - Dance Hall (uncredited)

Lester Leigh

as Band Leader - Dance Hall (uncredited)

Reginald Green

as Mr. Matthieson (uncredited)

Margaret Lacey

as Mrs. Matthieson (uncredited)

Robin Parkinson

as Jeweller's Assistant (uncredited)

David Scase

as Man in the Record Shop (uncredited)

Jessie Robins

as Large Woman in Hospital (uncredited)

Graham Rigby

as Supermarket Manager (uncredited)

Jim O'Brady

as Prisoner Escort (uncredited)

Neville Smith

as Youth (uncredited)

Leslie Lawton

as Youth (uncredited)

John Tordoff

as Youth in Wimpy Bar (uncredited)

Flo Fallows

as Prostitute (uncredited)

Alice Woods

as Prostitute (uncredited)

John Schlesinger

as Officer in Dream (uncredited)

Bryan Mosley

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Aleksander Browne

as Bit Part (uncredited)

James Byron

as Serviceman (uncredited)

Douglas Clarke

as Serviceman (uncredited)

Alan Clayton

as Serviceman (uncredited)

George Ghent

as Danny's PRO (uncredited)

Topsy Jane

as Liz (uncredited)

Natalie Kent

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Ted Morris

as Funeral Driver (uncredited)

Elisabeth Murray

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Stuart Myers

as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)

James Payne

as Man in Station Cafe (uncredited)

George Spence

as Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Elaine Stevens

as Danny's Secretary (uncredited)

William Wymar

as Army Man (uncredited)