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The BBC 100: Billy Liar

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Comedy drama starring Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie

Billy Fisher is an ambitious but lazy young man who lives with his parents in an unexciting northern town. Bored by his job in an undertaker's office, he retreats into a world of fantasy and lies - much to the annoyance of his family, his bosses and fiancees Barbara and Rita.
Showing in widescreen format.
(1963)
Film Reviews pages 53-60
(The next film in the BBC 100 season, The Spider's Stratagem, can be seen on Friday)

Contributors

Director:
John Schlesinger
Billy Fisher:
Tom Courtenay
Liz:
Julie Christie
Geoffrey Fisher:
Wilfred Pickles
Alice Fisher:
Mona Washbourne
Florence, grandmother:
Ethel Griffies
Duxbury:
Finlay Currie
Arthur Crabtree:
Rodney Bewes
Barbara:
Helen Fraser
Shadrack:
Leonard Rossiter
Rita:
Gwendolyn Watts
Source: Radio Times

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