Willis Hall

Screenwriter

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Born

April 06, 1929

Biography

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Primarily associated with England's Free Cinema movement. Hall scripted two of John Schlesinger's early features, "A Kind of Loving" (1962) and "Billy Liar" (1963)....

Filmography

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Lock Up Your Daughters (1969)

A Matter of Innocence (1968)

Man in the Middle (1964)

Billy Liar (1963)

A Kind of Loving (1962)

The Valiant (1962)

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Billy Liar (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Good Morning Housewives

Billy Liar (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Count Five And Tell The Truth

Biography

Primarily associated with England's Free Cinema movement. Hall scripted two of John Schlesinger's early features, "A Kind of Loving" (1962) and "Billy Liar" (1963).

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

Lock Up Your Daughters (1969)

A Matter of Innocence (1968)

Man in the Middle (1964)

Billy Liar (1963)

A Kind of Loving (1962)

The Valiant (1962)

Whistle Down the Wind (1962)

The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961)

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Billy Liar (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Good Morning Housewives 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.

Billy Liar (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Count Five And Tell The Truth 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.

Billy Liar (1963) -- (Movie Clip) A Day Of Big Decisions 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.

Billy Liar (1963) -- (Movie Clip) She's Been All Over 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.

Billy Liar (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Genius Or Madman? 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.

Kind Of Loving, A -- (Movie Clip) She Asked For It At the Miller Arcade in Preston, Lancashire, Vic (Alan Bates) meets his new girl Ingrid (June Ritchie), unhappy to discover she's brought along needy friend Dorothy (Patsy Rowlands), in John Schlesinger's A Kind Of Loving, 1962.

Kind Of Loving, A -- (Movie Clip) Easy Ten A Penny Vic (Alan Bates) off the bus with co-worker Ingrid (June Ritchie), whom he fancies and who paid his fare, then to his family's Manchester home, chatting with Dad (Bert Palmer) and brother (Malcolm Patton), in John Schlesinger's A Kind Of Loving, 1962.

Kind Of Loving, A -- (Movie Clip) Is It Serious Then? Breakfast in Manchester, draftsman Vic (Alan Bates) with Mum (Gwen Nelson), railwayman Dad (Bert Palmer) and brother (Malcolm Patton), then off to work chatting about his new girl, in John Schlesinger's A Kind Of Loving, 1962.

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