Billy Liar

Billy Liar (1963)

one guy ... three girls ... one ring!

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.

Date of release
1963-08-15
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (128)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Comedy, Romance, Drama
Director
John Schlesinger

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Billy Liar

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 as Billy and Julie Christie as Liz, one of his three girlfriends. Mona Washbourne plays Mrs. Fisher and Wilfred Pickles plays Mr. Fisher. Rodney Bewes, Finlay Currie and Leonard Rossiter also feature. The Cinemascope photography is by Denys Coop and Richard Rodney Bennett supplied the score.

Production

The film was one of two financed by Nat Cohen of Anglo-Amalgamated, the other being A Kind of Loving. Much of the film was shot on location in Bradford.

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