Billy Liar (1963)
August 15, 1963Release Date

Plot.
Where to Watch.

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Cast & Crew.

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) / Director

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)

Willis Hall
Screenplay / Theatre Play

Keith Waterhouse
Screenplay / Novel / Theatre Play

Richard Rodney Bennett
Original Music Composer

Mike Rutter
Focus Puller

Tom Buchanan
Boom Operator

Charles Blair
Production Manager

John Cox
Sound Recordist

Jack Laxton
Camera Car

Frank Ernst
First Assistant Director

Jack Atcheler
Camera Operator

John Hollingsworth
Conductor

Roger Cherrill
Editor

Bob Lawrance
Makeup Artist

Dennis Maddison
Property Buyer

Phil Meighan
Props

Malcolm Cooke
Sound Editor

Ralph Weighell
Electrician

Pamela Mann
Continuity

Joyce James
Hairstylist

Martin Atkinson
Draughtsman

Ron Beck
Wardrobe Master

Jean Short
Assistant Editor

Ann Skinner
Production Secretary

Bill Read
Painter

John Campbell
Clapper Loader

Miriam Brickman
Casting

Jim Brennan
Second Assistant Director

Percy Fisher
Electrician

Harry Gillard
Still Photographer

Frank Willis
Electrician

Ken Bridgeman
Set Dresser

John Illisley
Electrician

Bert Lott
Grip

Frank Robertson
Electrician

Jack Rix
Associate Producer

Fred Burrows
Electrician

Joseph Janni
Producer

Denys N. Coop
Director of Photography

Tom Brooker
Props

Laura Nightingale
Wardrobe Supervisor

Clifford Cross
Standby Carpenter

Jack Gardner
First Assistant Editor

Edna Tromans
Publicist

Peter Handford
Sound Recordist

Wilfred Campbell
Electrician

John Feehan
Props
Media.



Details.
Release DateAugust 15, 1963
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
Box Office$35,609
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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).
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