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