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Billy Liar

film by Schlesinger [1963]

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In John Schlesinger: British films
Even more accomplished was Billy Liar (1963), based on a novel and play by Keith Waterhouse. This often very funny film follows the fortune of a young Yorkshire funeral-home worker (played by Tom Courtenay) who relies on his elaborate fantasy life to escape from the drudgery of his job.…
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In history of film: Great Britain
…Kind of Loving (1962) and Billy Liar (1963), Anderson’s This Sporting Life (1963), and Reisz’s Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966).
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