Billy Liar is a 1963 film based on the novel by Keith Waterhouse. It was directed by John Schlesinger and stars Tom Courtenay (who had understudied Albert Finney in the West End theatre adaptation of the novel) as Billy and Julie Christie as Liz, one of his three girlfriends. Mona Washbourne plays Mrs Fisher, and Wilfred Pickles played Mr Fisher. Rodney Bewes, Finlay Currie and Leonard Rossiter also feature.

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  • Billy Liar is a 1963 film based on the novel by Keith Waterhouse. It was directed by John Schlesinger and stars Tom Courtenay (who had understudied Albert Finney in the West End theatre adaptation of the novel) as Billy and Julie Christie as Liz, one of his three girlfriends. Mona Washbourne plays Mrs Fisher, and Wilfred Pickles played Mr Fisher. Rodney Bewes, Finlay Currie and Leonard Rossiter also feature. The Cinemascope photography is by Denys Coop, and Richard Rodney Bennett supplied the score. The film belongs to the British New Wave movement, inspired by the earlier French New Wave. Characteristic of the style is a documentary/cinéma vérité feel and the use of real locations . One sequence includes a very early use of a swear word ("pissed"), which was unusual by commercial film standards of the time; the word is uttered by Mona Washbourne.In 2004 the magazine Total Film named Billy Liar the 12th in their list of the greatest British Films of all time. (en)
  • Geliebter Spinner ist ein britischer Spielfilm aus dem Jahre 1963. Er zählt zu den Filmen des British New Wave. Das Drehbuch schrieben Keith Waterhouse und Willis Hall auf der Grundlage ihres Theaterstückes, das wiederum eine Adaption von Waterhouses Roman Billy, der Lügner darstellte. (de)
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  • original film poster (en)
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  • Billy Liar (en)
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  • Billy Liar is a 1963 film based on the novel by Keith Waterhouse. It was directed by John Schlesinger and stars Tom Courtenay (who had understudied Albert Finney in the West End theatre adaptation of the novel) as Billy and Julie Christie as Liz, one of his three girlfriends. Mona Washbourne plays Mrs Fisher, and Wilfred Pickles played Mr Fisher. Rodney Bewes, Finlay Currie and Leonard Rossiter also feature. (en)
  • Geliebter Spinner ist ein britischer Spielfilm aus dem Jahre 1963. Er zählt zu den Filmen des British New Wave. (de)
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  • Billy Liar (film) (en)
  • Billy le menteur (fr)
  • Geliebter Spinner (de)
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