Billy Liar (1963)

Movie Details

Original Title Billy Liar

Original Language EN

Revenue $35,609

Status Released

Popularity 0.9

Cast

Tom Courtenay

William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher

Popularity: 2.7

Julie Christie

Liz

Popularity: 1.6

Wilfred Pickles

Geoffrey Fisher

Popularity: 0.8

Mona Washbourne

Alice Fisher

Popularity: 1.0

Ethel Griffies

Grandma Florence

Popularity: 3.5

Finlay Currie

Duxbury

Popularity: 1.7

Gwendolyn Watts

Rita

Popularity: 1.0

Helen Fraser

Barbara

Popularity: 1.2

Leonard Rossiter

Emanuel Shadrack

Popularity: 1.1

Rodney Bewes

Arthur Crabtree

Popularity: 0.6

George Innes

Stamp

Popularity: 11.0

Leslie Randall

Danny Boon

Popularity: 1.0

Key Crew

Director John Schlesinger

Screenplay Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall

Producer Joseph Janni

Editor Roger Cherrill

Production

Vic Films Productions

Waterfall Productions

Videos & Trailers

Brian Trenchard-Smith on BILLY LIAR

Featurette

BILLY LIAR - Official Trailer - 50th Anniversary Edition

Trailer

Critics' Picks - 'Billy Liar'

Featurette

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

CRCulver 5/10

Sep 5, 2018

<i>Billy Liar</i> is a 1963 British film that captures the monumental changes of the era: the sexual revolution and the destruction of England's old town centres in modernisation schemes. In Bradford, Yorkshire young Billy Fisher (Tom Courtenay) is working a soul-crushing job in a funeral home and s ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Feb 12, 2023

Tom Courtenay is "Billy", a lad whose grasp on reality is, well, tenuous. In his dreams, he is a brave and valiant life-saving sort of fellow. In real life he is a lowly clerk who works for a funeral director and lives with his increasingly exasperated parents. His problems only increase as he strug ... Read more