Billy Liar (1963)

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NR | 1 hr 38 mins | Comedy, Drama, Adaptation | Released: 1/1/1963 |Box Office Total: $35609

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Synopsis:

Billy Fisher, is a lazy, wildly inventive, daydreaming, irresponsible clerk in north country town possessed with an extraordinarily vivid imagination and an inability to tell the truth for more than two minutes running. Working as an undertaker's clerk, and unable to come to grips with the drab reality of his life--or with his own lack of direction--he treats his girlfriends and his family irresponsibly and spends his time retreating into that daydream world where he is the dictator of an imaginary country.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/1/1963

Director	Credit
John Schlesinger	Director
Cast	Credit
Tom Courtenay	Billy Fisher
Julie Christie	Liz
Wilfred Pickles	Geoffrey Fisher--Billy's Father
Mona Washbourne	Alice Fisher--Billy's Mother
Ethel Griffies	Grandmother Florence--Billy's Grandmother
Finlay Currie	Duxbury
Rodney Bewes	Arthur Crabtree
Helen Fraser	Barbara
George Innes	Eric Stamp
Leonard Rossiter	Shadrack
Gwendolyn Watts	Rita
Patrick Barr	Inspector MacDonald
Godfrey Winn	Disc Jockey
Ernest Clark	Prison Governor
Leslie Randall	Danny Boon--TV Comic
Anna Wing	Mrs Crabtree
Elaine Stevens	Danny's Secretary
George Ghent	Danny's PRO
Flo Fallows	1st Prostitute
Alice Woos	2nd Prostitute
Douglas Clarke	Serviceman
Jack Cunningham	Ticket Examiner
Lester Legh	Bandleader
Production Credits	Credit
Joseph Janni	Producer
Jack Rix	Associate Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Vic Films	Production Company
Waterhall Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Rialto Pictures Release	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Writer	Credit
Keith Waterhouse	Source Material (from novel)
Keith Waterhouse	Screenplay
Keith Waterhouse	Play as Source Material
Willis Hall	Screenplay
Willis Hall	Play as Source Material
Art Department	Credit
Ken Bridgeman	Set Decorator
Ray Simm	Art Director - art direction
Casting	Credit
Miriam Brickman	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Denys N Coop	Director of Photography
Harry Gillard	Photography - stills
Neil Binney	Camera Assistant
Jack Atchelor	Camera Operator
Michael Rutter	Camera Assistant
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Continental Distributing Inc	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
John Hollingsworth	Music Conductor
Keith Waterhouse	Theme Lyrics - lyrics
Richard Rodney Bennett	Music
Willis Hall	Theme Lyrics - lyrics
Production Management	Credit
Frank Ernst	Assistant Director
Charles Blair	Production Manager
Pamela Mann	Continuity
Jim Brennan	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Peter Handford	Sound Mixer
Tom Buchanan	Boom Operator
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Joyce James	Hair - hairstyles
Bob Lawrence	Makeup
Laura Nightingale	Wardrobe - wardrobe mistress
Ron Beck	Wardrobe - wardrobe master

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