"one guy ... three girls ... one ring!" 15 August 1963 Drama, Comedy, Romance 98 mins
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.
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Tom Courtenay as William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
Julie Christie as Liz
Wilfred Pickles as Geoffrey Fisher
Mona Washbourne as Alice Fisher
Ethel Griffies as Grandma Florence
Finlay Currie as Duxbury
Gwendolyn Watts as Rita
Helen Fraser as Barbara
Leonard Rossiter as Emanuel Shadrack
Rodney Bewes as Arthur Crabtree
George Innes as Stamp
Leslie Randall as Danny Boon
Patrick Barr as Inspector MacDonald
Ernest Clark as Prison Governor
Godfrey Winn as Disc Jockey
Jack Cunningham as Ticket Examiner (uncredited)
Willis Hall Screenplay
John Schlesinger Director
Keith Waterhouse Screenplay
Keith Waterhouse Novel
Richard Rodney Bennett Original Music Composer
Mike Rutter Focus Puller
Tom Buchanan Boom Operator
Charles Blair Production Manager
Keith Waterhouse Theatre Play
Willis Hall Theatre Play
John Cox Sound Recordist
Jack Laxton Camera Car
Frank Ernst First Assistant Director
Jack Atcheler Camera Operator
John Hollingsworth Conductor
Roger Cherrill Editor
United Kingdom 16 September 1963
Ireland 31 January 1964
Italy 29 August 1963
United States 16 December 1963
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