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Billy Liar is a 1963 British CinemaScope comedy-drama film based on the 1959 novel by Keith Waterhouse. Directed by John Schlesinger , it stars Tom Courtenay (who had understudied Albert Finney in the West End theatre adaptation of the novel) as Billy and Julie Christie as Liz, one of his three girlfriends.
- $1 milion or £236,809
- Joseph Janni
Billy Liar: Directed by John Schlesinger. With Tom Courtenay, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne, Ethel Griffies. A lazy, irresponsible young clerk (Sir Tom Courtenay) in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.
- (7K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- John Schlesinger
- 1963-12-16
Julie Christie is the handbag-swinging charmer whose free spirit just might inspire Billy to finally move out of his parents’ house. Deftly veering from gritty realism to flamboyant fantasy, Billy Liar is a dazzling and uproarious classic.
- Billy Fisher
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...
- (19)
- Tom Courtenay
- John Schlesinger
- Anglo-Amalgamated Productions
Billy Liar (1963) - Turner Classic Movies. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. An emotionally stunted clerk retreats into his fantasies. Cast & Crew. Read More. John Schlesinger. Director. Tom Courtenay. Billy Fisher. Julie Christie. Liz. Wilfred Pickles. Geoffrey Fisher.
- John Schlesinger, Jim Brennan, Frank Ernst
- Tom Courtenay
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Synopsis. Billy Fisher ( Tom Courtenay) works by day as a clerk in an undertaker's office but lives his dreams in his own imaginary world. He is having such a dream when the film begins in which he is a returning war hero passing through crowds of applauding people. He is soon brought back to reality by his mother's call for breakfast.
