Billy Liar
Overview
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.
Where to Watch
Keywords
Trailer
Images
Reviews(2)
CRCulver
September 5, 2018
<i>Billy Liar</i> is a 1963 British film that captures the monumental changes of the era: the sexual revolution and the destruction of England's old town centres in modernisation schemes. In Bradford, Yorkshire young Billy Fisher (Tom Courtenay) is working a soul-crushing job in a funeral home and s…
CinemaSerf
@Geronimo1967February 12, 2023
Tom Courtenay is "Billy", a lad whose grasp on reality is, well, tenuous. In his dreams, he is a brave and valiant life-saving sort of fellow. In real life he is a lowly clerk who works for a funeral director and lives with his increasingly exasperated parents. His problems only increase as he strug…
Download Subtitles
Looking for subtitles in another language? Browse all subtitles in 50+ languages →
Recommended Movies
Persuasion
01 Jul 2022
The Secret: Dare to Dream
16 Apr 2020
Peter Ibbetson
07 Nov 1935
Wuthering Heights
09 Jun 1970
Love & Friendship
26 May 2016
The Noel Diary
24 Nov 2022
Anywhere but Here
12 Nov 1999
Love Sarah
02 Jul 2020
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
01 Sept 1947
Easy Virtue
07 Nov 2008
A Place in the Sun
12 Jun 1951
Emma
02 Aug 1996
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
22 Sept 2010
Coco Chanel
13 Sept 2008
Ruby Sparks
25 Jul 2012
Sense and Sensibility
13 Dec 1995
The Go-Between
16 Jun 1971
Madame
17 Aug 2017
The Prince & Me 4: The Elephant Adventure
23 Mar 2010
Hobson's Choice
19 Apr 1954