Billy Liar

Name: Billy Liar
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Released: 1963-08-15
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne, Ethel Griffies

1963·Comedy·1h 38m

7.1

★

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.

Directed by John Schlesinger

dreams

northern england

based on novel or book

lie

yorkshire

train

ambrosia

bradford

Trailer

IMDB

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Cast

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

Crew

John Schlesinger

Director

Popular Reviews

29 reviews

Mia

10.0★ · 04/22/26

Billy Liar is my favourite representation of ADHD ever

Jack

7.0★ · 12/31/25

The O.G. Male Manipulator

Syd

8.0★ · 09/08/25

this is the movie when Tom Courtenay and Julie Christie meet together before Doctor Zhivago lmao 😎🫰🏻

LOVE THE PLOT ANYWAY ❤️❤️

Crystal

6.0★ · 07/15/25

I can not escape a good tiktok trend... Here is my Criterion Brithday movie, spine #121 Billy Liar. While entertaining enough I couldn't see this going on a rewatch list for me. Tom Courtenay is definitely charming and makes you root for a character you are supposed to dislike.

Mia

9.0★ · 01/12/25

Hello dwarling