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Billy Liar

1963, Movie, NR, 98 mins

Billy Liar: Review

One of the seminal British working-class films of the 1960s, John Schlesinger's third feature is a first-rate comedy-fantasy that stars Tom Courtenay as Billy Fisher, an incorrigable dreamer who works for a funeral director. No one will argue the plot's derivation -- James Thurber's classic short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" -- but Billy is also a pathological liar who, as Oscar Wilde once said, doesn't lie for gain, just for the sheer joy of lying. The luminous Julie Christie costars in one of her earliest roles. Read the complete review for Billy Liar

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Billy Liar -- (Movie Clip) Ambrosia

Ignoring his Mum, Dad and Gram (Mona Washbourne, Wilfred Pickles and Ethel Griffies) Billy (Tom Courtenay) enjoys a waking dream (featuring Julie Christie) of the Republic of Ambrosia in the opening of Billy Liar, 1963.
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Billy Liar -- (Movie Clip) Genius Or Madman?

Stuck with his un-mailed calendars, Billy (Tom Courtenay) imagines himself a crusading writer under-cover in prison, released to universal acclaim in John Schlesinger's Billy Liar, 1963.
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Billy Liar -- (Movie Clip) Grateful!

Billy (Tom Courtenay) arrives home for a climactic confrontation with his father (Wilfred Pickles) in John Schlesinger's Billy Liar, 1963.
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Billy Liar -- (Movie Clip) Opening Credits

Fascinating opening title sequence from John Schlesinger's Billy Liar, 1963, starring Tom Courtenay, built around a radio program and shot primarily around Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
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