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