---
title: 'Billy Liar (1963)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Schlesinger'
released: '1963-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/billy-liar-1963'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056868/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Billy Liar (1963)

1963 · 98 min · Comedy · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Billy Liar is a 1963 British CinemaScope comedy-drama film based on the 1959 novel by Keith Waterhouse. Directed by John Schlesinger, it stars Tom Courtenay as Billy and Julie Christie as Liz, one of his three girlfriends. Mona Washbourne plays Mrs. Fisher and Wilfred Pickles plays Mr. Fisher. Rodney Bewes, Finlay Currie and Leonard Rossiter also feature. The Cinemascope photography is by Denys Coop and Richard Rodney Bennett supplied the score.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Schlesinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-schlesinger)
- **Screenplay:** [Willis Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/willis-hall)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Rodney Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-rodney-bennett)
- **Producer:** [Joseph Janni](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-janni)
- **Director of Photography:** [Denys Coop](https://cinepixo.com/people/denys-coop)

## Cast

- [Tom Courtenay](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-courtenay)
- [Mona Washbourne](https://cinepixo.com/people/mona-washbourne)
- [Neville Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/neville-smith)
- [Wilfred Pickles](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilfred-pickles)
- [Julie Christie](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-christie)
- [Helen Fraser](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-fraser)
- [Finlay Currie](https://cinepixo.com/people/finlay-currie)
- [Ethel Griffies](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethel-griffies)
- [Leonard Rossiter](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-rossiter)
- [Patrick Barr](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-barr)

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