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Billy Liar
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6.8A 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.
Released: 1963-08-1598 minDir: John SchlesingerComedy, Romance, DramaBox office: $35,609
Cast
- Tom Courtenay as William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
- Julie Christie as Liz
- Wilfred Pickles as Geoffrey Fisher
- Mona Washbourne as Alice Fisher
- Ethel Griffies as Grandma Florence
- Finlay Currie as Duxbury
Themes
- dreams
- northern england
- based on novel or book
- lie
- yorkshire
- train
- ambrosia
- bradford
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Billy Liar
- Main subject
- social exclusion
- Director
- John Schlesinger
- Screenwriter
- Willis Hall
- Composer
- Richard Rodney Bennett
- Cinematographer
- Denys Coop
- Narrative location
- Yorkshire
- Duration
- 98
- FilmAffinity ID
- 429522
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1963-01-01
- title
- Billy Liar
- distributed by
- Netflix
- color
- black-and-white
- different from
- Billy Liar
- review score
- 95%
- Commons category
- Billy Liar
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