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Billy Liar

1963 98 min 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.

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earnings $35,609

director John Schlesinger

writers Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall

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