A lazy, irresponsible young clerk (Sir Tom Courtenay) in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.


Books with substantial mentioning of Billy Liar

Jonathan Hacker and David Price
Take 10, Contemporary British Film Directors
Oxford, New York, 1992

Anthony Slide
Fifty Classic British Films Films 1932-1982, A Pictorial Record
New York, 1985

Books with an entry on Billy Liar

Ivan Butler
Cinema in Britain, An illustrated Survey
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1973