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Synopsis:
Tom Courtenay gives an unbeatable performance in this superb adaptation of Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall's light-hearted drama. He takes the lead, playing a bored undertaker's clerk in a northern town who copes with the drab reality of everyday life by periodically escaping into a fantasy world. Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles, Rodney Bewes and Ethel Griffies are among the fine supporting cast
Cast:
Tom Courtenay as Billy Fisher, Julie Christie as Liz, Rodney Bewes as Arthur Crabtree, Wilfred Pickles as Geoffrey Fisher, Ethel Griffies as Florence, Mona Washbourne as Alice Fisher, Finlay Currie as Duxbury, Helen Fraser as Barbara, George Innes, Denys N. Coop
Credits:
Willis Hall - Scriptwriter, Keith Waterhouse - Scriptwriter, Joseph Janni - Producer, John Schlesinger - Director
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