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Film of the Week: Billy Liar

BBC One
on BBC One London

Starring Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie

Billy Fisher's real world is bounded by a dull Northern town, a job as clerk in an undertaker's office, a quarrelsome relationship with his parents and a potentially explosive one with two girls to whom he has simultaneously become engaged.
This Week's Films: page 15

Contributors

Director:
John Schlesinger
Billy Fisher:
Tom Courtenay
Liz:
Julie Christie
Geoffrey Fisher:
Wilfred Pickles
Alice Fisher:
Mona Washbourne
Florence:
Ethel Griffies
Duxbury:
Finlay Currie
Arthur Crabtree:
Rodney Bewes
Barbara:
Helen Fraser
Eric Stamp:
George Innes
Shadrack:
Leonard Rossiter
Rita:
Gwendolyn Watts
Det-Insp MacDonald:
Patrick Barr
Disc jockey:
Godfrey Winn
Prison governor:
Ernest Clark
Source: Radio Times

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