1963 John Schlesinger
Adapted from the play by Keith Waterhouse, following the life of William Fisher.
Billy works in an undertakers office as a clerk but has aspirations of becoming a scriptwriter in London, he spends more time than is normal or healthy in a fantasy land called Ambrosia, where he can be whoever he wants to be. Can he grow up and have the nerve to actually make the trip to London?
Behind the story of Billy there is a glipse into what life was like in the early 60's in England, the work culture, the social and sex lives.
Good to see Leonard Rositer as Billy's boss, an early sight of what Rigsby was to become.
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