Billy Liar (1963)

Finlay Currie: Duxbury

Quotes 

• Duxbury : I went up to the third floor into the soft furnishings department. Oh, Billy, they've got some lovely materials. I saw some lovely stuff for the curtains. Honestly, pet, you'll love it. It's sort of, um, well, a turquoise, really. And it's got lovely little squiggles, sort of, well, like wine glasses.

  Billy Fisher : Oh, yes, very nice, hmm.

  Duxbury : The only trouble is, if we get that yellow carpet, it won't match. Still, that's my department, pet.

• Duxbury : Ah, but they're all coming down, all the old buildings. Trams, they've gone. City centre, that's all new.

  Billy Fisher : Aye, you could get a glass of beer, meat pie, cigarettes, matches and change out of four pence. Aye.

• Duxbury : What's you got there, then? Crown jewels?

  Billy Fisher : No, gramophone records, LPs.

  Duxbury : There were nowt like that when I were a lad. No record players. We had to make us own music if we wanted it.

• Duxbury : Listen, can you take a bit of advice?

  Billy Fisher : Yes, sir.

  Duxbury : Now, you're a young man. You've got a long way to go; but, you can't do it by yourself. Now, think on.