Film

Billy Liar

1963 · 1h 38m · Comedy · Romance · Drama

one guy ... three girls ... one ring!

IMDb

7.2

Rotten Tomatoes

91%

Metacritic

82

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.

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

George Innes

Stamp

Leslie Randall

Danny Boon

Patrick Barr

Inspector MacDonald

Ernest Clark

Prison Governor

Godfrey Winn

Disc Jockey

Jack Cunningham

Ticket Examiner (uncredited)

• John SchlesingerDirector
• Keith WaterhouseScreenplay · Novel
• Willis HallScreenplay
• Joseph JanniProducer
• Denys N. CoopDirector of Photography
• Richard Rodney BennettOriginal Music Composer
• Roger CherrillEditor
• Miriam BrickmanCasting

Stunning New 4K Restoration

Release date

August 15, 1963

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

PG

Revenue

$35,609

Genres

Comedy, Romance, Drama

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