The Horse's Mouth (1958)
Smart Alec ... Sheer madness and all Guinness! The man's a genius ...
97 min
Gulley Jimson is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of his next art project, he hunkers down in the penthouse of would-be patrons the Beeders while they go on an extended vacation; he paints a mural on their wall, pawns their valuables and, along with the sculptor Abel, inadvertently smashes a large hole in their floor. Jimson's next project is an even larger wall in an abandoned church.
- Release date
- February 13, 1959
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Music
- Kenneth V. Jones
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Trailer
Cast
- Alec Guinness as Gulley Jimson
- Kay Walsh as Dee Coker
- Renee Houston as Sara Monday
- Mike Morgan as Nosey
- Robert Coote as Sir William Beeder
- Michael Gough as Abel [Bisson]
- Veronica Turleigh as Lady Beeder
- Reginald Beckwith as Capt. Jones
- Arthur Macrae as A.W. Alabaster
- Ernest Thesiger as Hickson
- Joan Hickson as Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
- Timothy Bateson as Clerk to Borough Surveyor (uncredited)
- Jim Brady as Workman (uncredited)
- Victor Brooks as Foreman (uncredited)
- Peter Bull as Man in Taxi (uncredited)
- Richard Caldicot as Roberts (uncredited)
- Jack Chissick as Bit Role (uncredited)
- Fred Griffiths as Man Delivering Sculpture Block (uncredited)
- May Hallatt as Charwoman (uncredited)
- Rose Howlett as Cook (uncredited)
- Rosalind Knight as Art Student (uncredited)
- Hugh Latimer as Photographer (uncredited)
Crew
- Ronald Neame · Director
- Alec Guinness · Writer
- Joyce Cary · Writer
- John Bryan · Producer
- Ronald Neame · Producer
- Kenneth V. Jones · Composer
- Arthur Ibbetson · Cinematographer
- Anne V. Coates · Editor