Billy Liar (1963)
August 15, 1963Release Date
Billy Liar (1963)
August 15, 1963Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Tom Courtenay
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
John Schlesinger
Director
Leslie Randall
Danny Boon
Keith Waterhouse
Writer
Patrick Barr
Inspector MacDonald
Ernest Clark
Prison Governor
Willis Hall
Writer
Godfrey Winn
Disc Jockey
Joseph Janni
Producer
Richard Rodney Bennett
Composer
Jack Cunningham
Ticket Examiner (uncredited)
Denys N. Coop
Cinematographer
Harry Landis
Man on Train (uncredited)
Roger Cherrill
Editor
E. V. H. Emmett
Newsreel Commentator (uncredited)
Anna Wing
Mrs. Crabtree (uncredited)
Miriam Brickman
CastingDirector
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)
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)
Ray Simm
Art Direction
John Cox
Sound Recordist
Ken Bridgeman
Set Dresser
Martin Atkinson
Draughtsman
Malcolm Cooke
Sound Editor
Bob Lawrance
Makeup Artist
Frank Ernst
First Assistant Director
Pamela Mann
Continuity
Ann Skinner
Production Secretary
Neil Binney
Focus Puller
Jack Atcheler
Camera Operator
Edna Tromans
Publicist
John Hollingsworth
Conductor
Jack Rix
Associate Producer
Joyce James
Hairstylist
Laura Nightingale
Wardrobe Supervisor
Jim Brennan
Second Assistant Director
Peter Handford
Sound Recordist
John Feehan
Props
John Campbell
Clapper Loader
Ron Beck
Wardrobe Master
Mike Rutter
Focus Puller
Tom Buchanan
Boom Operator
Charles Blair
Production Manager
Jack Gardner
First Assistant Editor
Harry Gillard
Still Photographer
Tom Brooker
Props
Clifford Cross
Standby Carpenter
Dennis Maddison
Property Buyer
Phil Meighan
Props
Bill Read
Painter
Fred Burrows
Electrician
Wilfred Campbell
Electrician
Archie Eyers
Electrician
Percy Fisher
Electrician
John Illisley
Electrician
Bert Lott
Grip
Frank Robertson
Electrician
Kesra Singh
Electrician
Ralph Weighell
Electrician
Frank Willis
Electrician
Jean Short
Assistant Editor
Jack Laxton
Camera Car
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 15, 1963
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
Box Office$35,609
Genres
Wiki.
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 (who had understudied Albert Finney in the West End theatre adaptation of the novel) 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.
The film belongs to the British New Wave, inspired by both the earlier kitchen sink realism movement and the French New Wave. Characteristic of the style is a documentary/cinéma vérité feel and the use of real locations (in this case, many in the city of Bradford in Yorkshire).