Billy Liar
1963 · directed by John Schlesinger
- Rating
- 77/100
- Hit
- no
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.
Billy Liar (1963), directed by John Schlesinger, rates 77/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Tom Courtenay
- Julie Christie
- Wilfred Pickles
- Mona Washbourne
- Ethel Griffies
- Finlay Currie
- Gwendolyn Watts
- Helen Fraser
- Leonard Rossiter
- Rodney Bewes
Crew
- Denys N. Coop — Director of Photography
- Roger Cherrill — Editor
- Richard Rodney Bennett — Original Music Composer
- Keith Waterhouse — Screenplay
- Willis Hall — Screenplay
More from John Schlesinger
- Midnight Cowboy (1969) — 94/100 · hit
- A Kind of Loving (1962) — 80/100 · hit
- Cold Comfort Farm (1995) — 75/100
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) — 74/100
- Marathon Man (1976) — 73/100
- Darling (1965) — 70/100
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