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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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- Duration
- 98
- FilmAffinity ID
- 429522
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- publication date
- 1963-01-01
- title
- Billy Liar
- review score
- 95%
- Commons category
- Billy Liar
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Categories
1960s coming-of-age comedy-drama films1963 British films1963 comedy-drama films1963 English-language films1963 filmsAdaptations of works by Keith WaterhouseBritish black-and-white filmsBritish CinemaScope filmsBritish coming-of-age comedy-drama filmsFilms about social realismFilms based on British novelsFilms directed by John SchlesingerFilms scored by Richard Rodney BennettFilms set in BradfordFilms set in YorkshireFilms shot in Greater ManchesterTemplate film date with 1 release date