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Billy Liar

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Calorie Rating: 131
Released: 1963-08-15
Running Time: 93 Minutes
Revenue 35609
Studios: Vic Films Productions, Waterfall Productions,


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 / Directors

Frank Ernst
First Assistant Director
Jim Brennan
Second Assistant Director

Pamela Mann
Continuity


Cast

Tom Courtenay
Character: William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
Julie Christie
Character: Liz
Wilfred Pickles
Character: Geoffrey Fisher

Mona Washbourne
Character: Alice Fisher
Ethel Griffies
Character: Grandma Florence
Finlay Currie
Character: Duxbury

Gwendolyn Watts
Character: Rita
Helen Fraser
Character: Barbara
Leonard Rossiter
Character: Emanuel Shadrack

Rodney Bewes
Character: Arthur Crabtree
George Innes
Character: Stamp
Leslie Randall
Character: Danny Boon

Patrick Barr
Character: Inspector MacDonald
Ernest Clark
Character: Prison Governor
Godfrey Winn
Character: Disc Jockey

Jack Cunningham
Character: Ticket Examiner (uncredited)
Harry Landis
Character: Man on Train (uncredited)
E. V. H. Emmett
Character: Newsreel Commentator (uncredited)

Anna Wing
Character: Mrs. Crabtree (uncredited)
Sheila Fearn
Character: Telephonist (uncredited)
Muriel Day
Character: Singer - Dance Hall (uncredited)

Lester Leigh
Character: Band Leader - Dance Hall (uncredited)
Reginald Green
Character: Mr. Matthieson (uncredited)
Margaret Lacey
Character: Mrs. Matthieson (uncredited)

Robin Parkinson
Character: Jeweller's Assistant (uncredited)
David Scase
Character: Man in the Record Shop (uncredited)
Jessie Robins
Character: Large Woman in Hospital (uncredited)

Graham Rigby
Character: Supermarket Manager (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Character: Prisoner Escort (uncredited)
Neville Smith
Character: Youth (uncredited)

Leslie Lawton
Character: Youth (uncredited)
John Tordoff
Character: Youth in Wimpy Bar (uncredited)
Flo Fallows
Character: Prostitute (uncredited)

Alice Woods
Character: Prostitute (uncredited)
John Schlesinger
Character: Officer in Dream (uncredited)
Bryan Mosley
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)

Aleksander Browne
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)
James Byron
Character: Serviceman (uncredited)
Douglas Clarke
Character: Serviceman (uncredited)

Alan Clayton
Character: Serviceman (uncredited)
George Ghent
Character: Danny's PRO (uncredited)
Topsy Jane
Character: Liz (uncredited)

Natalie Kent
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)
Ted Morris
Character: Funeral Driver (uncredited)
Elisabeth Murray
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)

Stuart Myers
Character: Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
James Payne
Character: Man in Station Cafe (uncredited)
George Spence
Character: Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Elaine Stevens
Character: Danny's Secretary (uncredited)
William Wymar
Character: Army Man (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Willis Hall
Screenplay

Richard Rodney Bennett
Original Music Composer
Mike Rutter
Focus Puller
Tom Buchanan
Boom Operator

Charles Blair
Production Manager
Keith Waterhouse
Theatre Play
Willis Hall
Theatre Play

Jack Rix
Associate Producer
Denys N. Coop
Director of Photography

Ray Simm
Art Direction

Joyce James
Hairstylist
Bob Lawrance
Makeup Artist
Ken Bridgeman
Set Dresser

Martin Atkinson
Draughtsman
Clifford Cross
Standby Carpenter

Dennis Maddison
Property Buyer

Bill Read
Painter
Malcolm Cooke
Sound Editor
John Cox
Sound Recordist

Peter Handford
Sound Recordist
Jack Atcheler
Camera Operator
Neil Binney
Focus Puller

Fred Burrows
Electrician
John Campbell
Clapper Loader

Archie Eyers
Electrician
Percy Fisher
Electrician
Harry Gillard
Still Photographer

John Illisley
Electrician
Frank Robertson
Electrician

Kesra Singh
Electrician
Ralph Weighell
Electrician
Frank Willis
Electrician

Ron Beck
Wardrobe Master
Laura Nightingale
Wardrobe Supervisor
Jack Gardner
First Assistant Editor

Jean Short
Assistant Editor
Jack Laxton
Camera Car

Edna Tromans
Publicist
Ann Skinner
Production Secretary