Billy Liar (1963)

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Written by Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall

Directed by John Schlesinger

Running Time: 100 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1963

Rating: PG Certificate

Production Country: UK

Filmed in Black and White

A British undertaker's clerk (Tom Courtenay) lies to his girlfriends and dreams of a land where he is king.

Cast

Image for Tom CourtenayTom CourtenayWilliam Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
Wilfred PicklesGeoffrey Fisher
Mona WashbourneAlice Fisher
Ethel GriffiesFlorence Billy's grandmother
Finlay CurrieDuxbury
Gwendolyn WattsRita
Helen FraserBarbara
Image for Julie ChristieJulie ChristieLiz
Image for Leonard RossiterLeonard RossiterEmanuel Shadrack
Rodney BewesArthur Crabtree
George InnesStamp
Leslie RandallDanny Boon
Patrick BarrInsp. MacDonald
Ernest ClarkPrison governor
Godfrey WinnDisc jockey

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