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
Tom Courtenay
William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
Finlay Currie
Duxbury
Julie Christie
Liz
Mona Washbourne
Alice Fisher
Jim Brady
Prisoner Escort (uncredited)
Sheila Fearn
Telephonist (uncredited)
Ernest Clark
Prison Governor
Leonard Rossiter
Emanuel Shadrack
George Innes
Stamp
Margaret Lacey
Mrs. Matthieson (uncredited)
Anna Wing
Mrs. Crabtree (uncredited)
Robin Parkinson
Jeweller's Assistant (uncredited)
Harry Landis
Man on Train (uncredited)
Leslie Randall
Danny Boon
Jessie Robins
Large Woman in Hospital (uncredited)
Ethel Griffies
Grandma Florence
Patrick Barr
Inspector MacDonald
Wilfred Pickles
Geoffrey Fisher
Helen Fraser
Barbara
John Tordoff
Youth in Wimpy Bar (uncredited)
Bryan Mosley
Bit Part (uncredited)
Gwendolyn Watts
Rita
Neville Smith
Youth (uncredited)
Rodney Bewes
Arthur Crabtree
Jack Cunningham
Ticket Examiner (uncredited)
E. V. H. Emmett
Newsreel Commentator (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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