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Billy Liar

A lazy, irresponsible young clerk (Sir Tom Courtenay) in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.

Director

John Schlesinger

Year

Genre

comedy, drama, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

Vic Films Productions,Waterfall Productions

Awards

Nominated for 6 BAFTA 7 nominations total

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Billy Fisher

Geoffrey Fisher

Wilfred Pickles

Alice Fisher

Mona Washbourne

Grandma Florence

Duxbury

Rita

Gwendolyn Watts

Barbara

Liz

Emanuel Shadrack

Leonard Rossiter

Arthur Crabtree

Stamp

Danny Boon

Insp. MacDonald

Prison Governor

Disc Jockey

Bit Part

Aleksander Browne

Serviceman

Serviceman

Serviceman

Ticket Examiner

Jack Cunningham

Singer - Dance Hall

Newsreel Commentator

Prostitute

Telephonist

Danny's PRO

Mr. Matthieson

Liz

Bit Part

Mrs. Matthieson

Man on Train

Youth

Band leader

Funeral Driver

Bit Part

Bit Part

Elisabeth Murray

Man Reading Newspaper

Prisoner Escort

Jeweller's Assistant

Robin Parkinson

Man in Station Cafe

Supermarket Manager

Large Woman in Hospital

Man in the Record Shop

Officer in Dream

John Schlesinger

Youth

Man in Crowd

Danny's Secretary

Youth in Wimpy Bar

Mrs. Crabtree

Prostitute

Army Man

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Alice Fisher Billy Fisher William Terrence 'billy' Fisher Emanuel Shadrack Rita Arthur Crabtree Geoffrey Fisher Disc Jockey Stamp Danny Boon Barbara Duxbury Liz Grandma Florence

Now, I've quite a few names.
There's Mrs.Joyce Tucket... - Billy Liar

Now, I've quite a few names. There's Mrs.Joyce Tuc...

They've never sent my book.
Should have come last week. - Billy Liar

They've never sent my book. Should have come last week.

Talk to him.
Go up and kick him out of his idle. - Billy Liar

Talk to him. Go up and kick him out of his idle.

- Eyes left!
- Eyes left! - Billy Liar

- Eyes left! - Eyes left!

Battalion,
by the left, salute! - Billy Liar

Battalion, by the left, salute!

- Billy, your
boiled egg's stone cold! - Billy Liar

- Billy, your boiled egg's stone cold!

Today's a day of big decisions - Billy Liar

Today's a day of big decisions

You've start coming in at night - Billy Liar

You've start coming in at night

You'll have to stop making things up Billy - Billy Liar

You'll have to stop making things up Billy

"It's a good heart that says no ill,
but a better heart that thinks none. " - Billy Liar

"It's a good heart that says no ill, but a better ...

What did you do, spend the postage
money? Was that the size of it? - Billy Liar

What did you do, spend the postage money? Was that the size ...

Well, Fisher, - Billy Liar

- From us all.
- Thank you. - Billy Liar

- From us all. - Thank you.

- Come on, lad. Come on.
- All right. - Billy Liar

- Come on, lad. Come on. - All right.

- Aren’t you ready yet?
- Just a minute. - Billy Liar

- Aren’t you ready yet? - Just a minute.

How do you know You've never done that sort of thing before - Billy Liar

How do you know You've never done that sort of thing...

If I can get to the end
of the street without opening me eyes, - Billy Liar

If I can get to the end of the street without opening me eye...

I've got something unpleasant to say to Mr Shadrack today - Billy Liar

I've got something unpleasant to say to Mr Shadrack...

Shadrack to funeral fleet Shadrack to funeral fleet - Billy Liar

Shadrack to funeral fleet Shadrack to funeral fleet

Here. - Billy Liar

Speak all you think,
but think not all you speak. - Billy Liar

Speak all you think, but think not all you speak.

Bet you're reading a mucky book - Billy Liar

Bet you're reading a mucky book

Is that you, Mr. Shadrack? - Billy Liar

Is that you, Mr. Shadrack?

Yes, I've been thinkin' it's about time
we had a little talk. - Billy Liar

Yes, I've been thinkin' it's about time we ha...

Good morning Mr Duxbury - Billy Liar

Good morning Mr Duxbury

Ha ha ha - Billy Liar

Dream about me while I'm gone Sure thing baby - Billy Liar

Dream about me while I'm gone Sure thing baby

Be hell to pay if she don't get it I can't keep up with your sex life - Billy Liar

Be hell to pay if she don't get it I can't keep up...

I thought I was coming round for my tea to meet your rotten mother - Billy Liar

I thought I was coming round for my tea to meet your rotten...

I'm going to meet your mother whether you like it or not - Billy Liar

I'm going to meet your mother whether you like it or...

I hope you're not going to talk all night like last time - Billy Liar

I hope you're not going to talk all night like last...

I say is that that bird What bird - Billy Liar

I say is that that bird What bird

Hello. I'm fine. - Billy Liar

Hello. I'm fine.

I'm going to have You and your bloody oranges - Billy Liar

I'm going to have You and your bloody oranges

It's all happening - Billy Liar

It's all happening

Could I have a pretty girl from the audience - Billy Liar

Could I have a pretty girl from the audience

I got those things for you - Billy Liar

I got those things for you

"Idle Jack, "or "Broad Acres, " - Billy Liar

"Idle Jack, "or "Broad Acres, "

" I dle J ack," a novel by... - Billy Liar

" I dle J ack," a novel by...

It's a very big place Mr Shadrack - Billy Liar

It's a very big place Mr Shadrack

One, two, three, four, testing. - Billy Liar

One, two, three, four, testing.

I hope my singing
didn't put you off. - Billy Liar

I hope my singing didn't put you off.

By the time we're burying you you'll be going off in one of these - Billy Liar

By the time we're burying you you'll be going off...

So that's your ambition - Billy Liar

So that's your ambition

Then there's his library books.
We'll have them to take back. - Billy Liar

Then there's his library books. We'll have them to...

Why, Fisher? - Billy Liar

- Yes, now- - I was just
saying you've got a gloomy job. - Billy Liar

- Yes, now- - I was just saying you've got a gloomy job...

So I went up to the third floor into the soft furnishings department - Billy Liar

So I went up to the third floor into the soft furnishings...

Billy Are you feeling all right - Billy Liar

Billy Are you feeling all right

You know I've got a fairly vivid imagination don t you darling - Billy Liar

You know I've got a fairly vivid imagination don t you...

On Wednesday I think So he said - Billy Liar

On Wednesday I think So he said

You want to make your mind up before she makes it up for you - Billy Liar

You want to make your mind up before she makes it up for you

But promise me one thing - Billy Liar

But promise me one thing

You're idle and scruffy and you have no manners - Billy Liar

You're idle and scruffy and you have no manners

Crossed eyed git - Billy Liar

Crossed eyed git

Oh I don't know where I am with you Billy - Billy Liar

Oh I don't know where I am with you Billy

Him and his fountain pens and bloody suede shoes - Billy Liar

Him and his fountain pens and bloody suede shoes

I can explain all this Ever since you started work - Billy Liar

I can explain all this Ever since you started work

Oh, come on, get out of there.
I can't wait all day for you. - Billy Liar

Oh, come on, get out of there. I can't wait all day for...

- You weigh a ton.
- Feathers. - Billy Liar

- You weigh a ton. - Feathers.

We have fought. - Billy Liar

We have fought.

Fisher! Fisher! Fisher! - Billy Liar

Fisher! Fisher! Fisher!

What's tha got there then Crown jewels - Billy Liar

What's tha got there then Crown jewels

Ah but they're all coming down all the old buildings - Billy Liar

Ah but they're all coming down all the old buildings

Well it's neither muckling nor mickling is it - Billy Liar

Well it's neither muckling nor mickling is it

But listen can you take a bit of advice - Billy Liar

But listen can you take a bit of advice

What's your name son Billy Fisher - Billy Liar

What's your name son Billy Fisher

- Has he stood you up, then?
- Oh, get off your knees! - Billy Liar

- Has he stood you up, then? - Oh, get off your knees!

Where have you been Here and there - Billy Liar

Where have you been Here and there

Kookie Twisterella - Billy Liar

Kookie Twisterella

Oh look what crawled out the corned beef - Billy Liar

Oh look what crawled out the corned beef

I'm very glad you've come I think I owe you a word of explanation - Billy Liar

I'm very glad you've come I think I owe you a word...

Oh get Madam Fancy Knickers - Billy Liar

Oh get Madam Fancy Knickers

There's been a bit of a mix up Rita Yes there has - Billy Liar

There's been a bit of a mix up Rita Yes there has

Because if you want to know I'll tell you - Billy Liar

Because if you want to know I'll tell you

Mr. William Fisher
wanted on the telephone, please. - Billy Liar

Mr. William Fisher wanted on the telephone, please.

Can Mr. William Fisher
please come to the telephone? - Billy Liar

Can Mr. William Fisher please come to the telephone?

Liz do you find life difficult - Billy Liar

Liz do you find life difficult

- Billy?
- What? - Billy Liar

- Billy? - What?

Sometimes I want to go away - Billy Liar

Sometimes I want to go away

I have a sort of - Billy Liar

I have a sort of

Oh, Liz. - Billy Liar

Whoever's out there is gonna get their
bastard teeth knocked down their throat! - Billy Liar

Whoever's out there is gonna get their bastard teeth kn...

They're not worth it.
The whole place isn't worth it. - Billy Liar

They're not worth it. The whole place isn't worth ...

Why don't you go to London I'll come with you - Billy Liar

Why don't you go to London I'll come with you

Yeah. Oh, I see. - Billy Liar

Yeah. Oh, I see.

We can't all be Shakespeares can we - Billy Liar

We can't all be Shakespeares can we

If you're in any more trouble - Billy Liar

If you're in any more trouble

"Three passengers on a Belfast plane... - Billy Liar

"Three passengers on a Belfast plane...

- T ea?
- Please. - Billy Liar

- T ea? - Please.

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A lazy, irresponsible young clerk (Sir Tom Courtenay) in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.

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Director: John Schlesinger

Writer: Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall

Production: Vic Films Productions,Waterfall Productions

Genre: comedy, drama, romance

Year: 1963

MetaScore: 82/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 16 Dec 1963

Awards: Nominated for 6 BAFTA 7 nominations total

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