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.

• John SchlesingerDirector
• Keith WaterhouseScreenplay
• Willis HallScreenplay
• Richard Rodney BennettOriginal Music Composer

• Tom CourtenayWilliam Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
• Julie ChristieLiz
• Wilfred PicklesGeoffrey Fisher
• Mona WashbourneAlice Fisher
• Ethel GriffiesGrandma Florence
• Finlay CurrieDuxbury
• Gwendolyn WattsRita
• Helen FraserBarbara
• Leonard RossiterEmanuel Shadrack
• Rodney BewesArthur Crabtree
• George InnesStamp
• Leslie RandallDanny Boon