Billy Liar

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.

Comedy Romance Drama

Tom Courtenay

(William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher)

Julie Christie

(Liz)

Wilfred Pickles

(Geoffrey Fisher)

Mona Washbourne

(Alice Fisher)

Ethel Griffies

(Grandma Florence)

Finlay Currie

(Duxbury)

Gwendolyn Watts

(Rita)

Helen Fraser

(Barbara)

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

(Jeweller's Assistant (uncredited))

David Scase

(Man in the Record Shop (uncredited))

Jessie Robins

(Large Woman in Hospital (uncredited))

Graham Rigby

(Supermarket Manager (uncredited))

Jim Brady

(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

(Danny's 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

(Danny's Secretary (uncredited))

William Wymar

(Army Man (uncredited))