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Billy Liar (1963)

Directed by John Schlesinger

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Overview

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.

Length 98 minutes

Actors

Tom Courtenay | Julie Christie | Wilfred Pickles | Mona Washbourne | Ethel Griffies | Finlay Currie | Gwendolyn Watts | Helen Fraser | Leonard Rossiter | Rodney Bewes | George Innes | Leslie Randall | Patrick Barr | Ernest Clark | Godfrey Winn | Jack Cunningham | Harry Landis | E.V.H. Emmett | Anna Wing | Sheila Fearn | Muriel Day | Lester Leigh | Reginald Green | Margaret Lacey | Robin Parkinson | David Scase | Jessie Robins | Graham Rigby | Jim O'Brady | Neville Smith | Leslie Lawton | John Tordoff | Flo Fallows | Alice Woods | John Schlesinger | Bryan Mosley | Aleksander Browne | James Byron | Douglas Clarke | Alan Clayton | George Ghent | Topsy Jane | Natalie Kent | Ted Morris | Elisabeth Murray | Stuart Myers | James Payne | George Spence | Elaine Stevens | William Wymar