"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)
Keith Waterhouse Screenplay
John Schlesinger Director
Keith Waterhouse Novel
Willis Hall Screenplay
Richard Rodney Bennett Original Music Composer
Mike Rutter Focus Puller
Tom Buchanan Boom Operator
Charles Blair Production Manager
Willis Hall Theatre Play
Keith Waterhouse Theatre Play
Jack Rix Associate Producer
Roger Cherrill Editor
Joyce James Hairstylist
Bob Lawrance Makeup Artist
Miriam Brickman Casting
Ray Simm Art Direction
United Kingdom 16 September 1963
Ireland 31 January 1964
Italy 29 August 1963
United States 16 December 1963
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