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Directed by: John Schlesinger
Cast: Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne
Rating: NR
Cast: Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne
Rating: NR
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Billy Fisher (Tom Courtenay) is known to his blue-collar British mates as Billy Liar because of his vivid imagination. This film version of the Keith Waterhouse-Willis Hall stage play "visualizes" some of Billy's more outrageous fabrications. He periodically escapes the drudgery of his job at a funeral parlor by conjuring up impossible adventures, usually involving the conquest of women. In one of her first film roles, Julie Christie plays one of two "real" girls who wish that Billy would come down to earth and pop the question. Following this film adaptation, Billy Liar was transformed into a stage musical, and later resurfaced as a British TV series. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Movie Details
NYT Critics' PickBest 1,000
Title: Billy Liar
Running Time: 94 Minutes
Status: Released
Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Drama, Adaptation, Comedy
Title: Billy Liar
Running Time: 94 Minutes
Status: Released
Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Drama, Adaptation, Comedy
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