Comedy Romance Drama
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.
Directed by
John Schlesinger
Julie Christie
Liz
Finlay Currie
Duxbury
Tom Courtenay
William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
Leonard Rossiter
Emanuel Shadrack
Rodney Bewes
Arthur Crabtree
Sheila Fearn
Telephonist (uncredited)
George Innes
Stamp
Helen Fraser
Barbara
E. V. H. Emmett
Newsreel Commentator (uncredited)
Gwendolyn Watts
Rita
Ethel Griffies
Grandma Florence
Anna Wing
Mrs. Crabtree (uncredited)
Harry Landis
Man on Train (uncredited)
Jessie Robins
Large Woman in Hospital (uncredited)
Neville Smith
Youth (uncredited)
Leslie Randall
Danny Boon
Ernest Clark
Prison Governor
John Tordoff
Youth in Wimpy Bar (uncredited)
Patrick Barr
Inspector MacDonald
Mona Washbourne
Alice Fisher
Margaret Lacey
Mrs. Matthieson (uncredited)
Bryan Mosley
Bit Part (uncredited)
Robin Parkinson
Jeweller's Assistant (uncredited)
Wilfred Pickles
Geoffrey Fisher
Jim Brady
Prisoner Escort (uncredited)
Jack Cunningham
Ticket Examiner (uncredited)
Godfrey Winn
Disc Jockey
Muriel Day
Singer - Dance Hall (uncredited)
Lester Leigh
Band Leader - Dance Hall (uncredited)
Reginald Green
Mr. Matthieson (uncredited)
David Scase
Man in the Record Shop (uncredited)
Graham Rigby
Supermarket Manager (uncredited)
Leslie Lawton
Youth (uncredited)
Flo Fallows
Prostitute (uncredited)
Alice Woods
Prostitute (uncredited)
Aleksander Browne
Bit Part (uncredited)
James Byron
Serviceman (uncredited)
Douglas Clarke
Serviceman (uncredited)
Alan Clayton
Serviceman (uncredited)
George Ghent
Danny's PRO (uncredited)
Topsy Jane
Liz (uncredited)
Natalie Kent
Bit Part (uncredited)
Ted Morris
Funeral Driver (uncredited)
Elisabeth Murray
Bit Part (uncredited)
Stuart Myers
Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
James Payne
Man in Station Cafe (uncredited)
George Spence
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Elaine Stevens
Danny's Secretary (uncredited)
William Wymar
Army Man (uncredited)

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