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Billy, a young clerk in a North country firm of undertakers, is endowed with a vivid, childlike imagination which allows him to escape into his dream country, Ambrosia, whenever the responsibilities of adult life become too great. He is unable to tell the sober truth and his inventive lies lead him into hopeless difficulties at work and at home. He dreams of becoming a scriptwriter and tries to interest a well-known visiting comedian. He becomes engaged to two girls at once and really loves a third, Liz, who persuades him to go to London with her. Billy's courage fails him and at the last moment he finds some pretext to jump off the train. He watches it go and then marches home, accompanied by an imaginary retinue, to his unsympathetic parents.

©1963 Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Limited an Anglo Amalagamated presentation Joseph Janni production for Vic Films in association with Waterhall Productions [end] Made by Vic Films Limited