Billy Liar

Ignoring his Mum, Dad and Gram (Mona Washbourne, Wilfred Pickles and Ethel Griffies) Billy (Tom Courtenay) enjoys a waking dream (featuring Julie Christie) of the Republic of Ambrosia in the first narrative scene from Billy Liar, 1963, directed by John Schlesinger.

With pal Arthur (Rodney Bewes), Billy (Tom Courtenay), having just dodged his two fianceès, glimpses preferred friend Liz (Julie Christie, her first scene in her breakthrough film), turning heads in Bradford, West Yorkshire, John Schlesinger directing on location, in Billy Liar, 1963.

Hiding his un-mailed calendars from his parents (Mona Washbourne, Wilfred Pickles) , Billy (Tom Courtenay) imagines himself a crusading writer under-cover in prison, emerging (from the real Wormwood Scrubs, London) to universal acclaim, in John Schlesinger's Billy Liar, 1963.

Again ducking his two fianceès (Gwendolyn Watts, Helen Fraser) Tom Courtenay (title character), finds Liz (Julie Christie), then claims a song-writing credit, John Schlesinger shooting on location outside the Locarno Ballroom, Bradford, England, in Billy Liar, 1963.

Fascinating opening title sequence from John Schlesinger's Billy Liar, 1963, starring Tom Courtenay, built around a radio program (Godfrey Winn the DJ) and shot primarily around Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.