Billy Liar (1963)

Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Tom Courtenay	...	William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
	Julie Christie	...	Liz
	Wilfred Pickles	...	Geoffrey Fisher
	Mona Washbourne	...	Alice Fisher
	Ethel Griffies	...	Florence, Billy's grandmother
	Finlay Currie	...	Duxbury
	Gwendolyn Watts	...	Rita
	Helen Fraser	...	Barbara
	Leonard Rossiter	...	Emanuel Shadrack
	Rodney Bewes	...	Arthur Crabtree
	George Innes	...	Stamp
	Leslie Randall	...	Danny Boon
	Patrick Barr	...	Insp. MacDonald
	Ernest Clark	...	Prison Governor
	Godfrey Winn	...	Disc Jockey

Storyline

A young British clerk in a gloomy North Country undertaker's office, Billy is bombarded daily by the propaganda of the media that all things are for the asking. This transparently false doctrine, coupled with the humdrum job and his wild imagination, leads him on frequent flights to "Ambrosia," a mythical kingdom where he is crowned king, general, lover or any idealized hero the real situation of the moment makes him desire. His vacillating commitment and post-adolescent immaturity have created situations which make Ambrosia all the more attractive. He's succeeded in becoming engaged to two different girls, simultaneously, while in love with a third, Liz. He's in hot water with his employer, having spent a rather large sum of postage money on his personal frivolities. And last, but not least, his dream of becoming a highly-paid, famous scriptwriter in London seems doomed to failure... Written by alfiehitchie  

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