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