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Billy Liar

Lists: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Brief Synopsis: "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."

Overall Ranking: - (Rank from 1963: # 0)


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  • Tom Courtenay (William Terrence Billy Fisher)
  • Wilfred Pickles (Geoffrey Fisher)
  • Mona Washbourne (Alice Fisher)
  • Ethel Griffies (Grandma Florence)
  • Finlay Currie (Duxbury)
  • Gwendolyn Watts (Rita)
  • Helen Fraser (Barbara)
  • Julie Christie (Liz)
  • Leonard Rossiter (Emanuel Shadrack)
  • Rodney Bewes (Arthur Crabtree)
  • George Innes (Stamp)
  • Leslie Randall (Danny Boon)
  • Patrick Barr (Inspector MacDonald)
  • Ernest Clark (Prison Governor)
  • Godfrey Winn (Disc Jockey)
  • Jack Cunningham (Ticket Examiner (uncredited))
  • Harry Landis (Man on Train (uncredited))
  • E. V. H. Emmett (Newsreel Commentator (uncredited))
  • Anna Wing (Mrs. Crabtree (uncredited))
  • Sheila Fearn (Telephonist (uncredited))
  • Muriel Day (Singer - Dance Hall (uncredited))
  • Lester Leigh (Band Leader - Dance Hall (uncredited))
  • Reginald Green (Mr. Matthieson (uncredited))
  • Margaret Lacey (Mrs. Matthieson (uncredited))
  • Robin Parkinson (Jewellers Assistant (uncredited))
  • David Scase (Man in the Record Shop (uncredited))
  • Jessie Robins (Large Woman in Hospital (uncredited))
  • Graham Rigby (Supermarket Manager (uncredited))
  • Jim OBrady (Prisoner Escort (uncredited))
  • Neville Smith (Youth (uncredited))
  • Leslie Lawton (Youth (uncredited))
  • John Tordoff (Youth in Wimpy Bar (uncredited))
  • Flo Fallows (Prostitute (uncredited))
  • Alice Woods (Prostitute (uncredited))
  • John Schlesinger (Officer in Dream (uncredited))
  • Bryan Mosley (Bit Part (uncredited))
  • Aleksander Browne (Bit Part (uncredited))
  • James Byron (Serviceman (uncredited))
  • Douglas Clarke (Serviceman (uncredited))
  • Alan Clayton (Serviceman (uncredited))
  • George Ghent (Dannys PRO (uncredited))
  • Topsy Jane (Liz (uncredited))
  • Natalie Kent (Bit Part (uncredited))
  • Ted Morris (Funeral Driver (uncredited))
  • Elisabeth Murray (Bit Part (uncredited))
  • Stuart Myers (Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited))
  • James Payne (Man in Station Cafe (uncredited))
  • George Spence (Man in Crowd (uncredited))
  • Elaine Stevens (Dannys Secretary (uncredited))
  • William Wymar (Army Man (uncredited))