Movie · 1963
Billy Liar
Released 15 August 1963 More from 1963 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Finlay Currie
as Duxbury
Wilfred Pickles
as Geoffrey Fisher
Margaret Lacey
as Mrs. Matthieson (uncredited)
John Schlesinger
as Officer in Dream (uncredited)
Robin Parkinson
as Jeweller's Assistant (uncredited)
Tom Courtenay
as William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
Gwendolyn Watts
as Rita
Rodney Bewes
as Arthur Crabtree
George Innes
as Stamp
John Tordoff
as Youth in Wimpy Bar (uncredited)
Helen Fraser
as Barbara
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The numbers
64years between the oldest and youngest billed
85Finlay Currie — oldest on the call sheet
21Helen Fraser — youngest billed
37average age of the credited cast