Comedy
The Horse's Mouth
“Smart Alec ... Sheer madness and all Guinness! The man's a genius ...”
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.
Directed by Ronald Neame, Albert Fennell
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User score
49 votes
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Status
Released
Released
November 11, 1958
Runtime
1h 35m
Language
English
Top cast
Alec Guinness
Gulley Jimson
Kay Walsh
Dee Coker
Renée Houston
Sara Monday
Mike Morgan
Nosey
Robert Coote
Sir William Beeder
Michael Gough
Abel
Veronica Turleigh
Lday Beeder
Reginald Beckwith
Capt. Jones
Arthur Macrae
A.W. Alabaster
Ernest Thesiger
Hickson
Gillian Vaughan
Lollie
Joan Hickson
Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
John Adams
Police Officer (uncredited)
Chris Adcock
Workman (uncredited)
Andy Alston
Workman (uncredited)
Timothy Bateson
Clerk to Borough Surveyor (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Workman (uncredited)
Victor Brooks
Foreman (uncredited)
Peter Bull
Man in Taxi (uncredited)
Richard Caldicot
Roberts (uncredited)
