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