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The Horse's Mouth

Smart Alec ... Sheer madness and all Guinness! The man's a genius ...

  • Movie
  • 1958
  • 1h 35m

Directed by Ronald Neame

6.7

TMDB audience rating
6.7 out of 10 from 51 votes

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Overview

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.

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Cast and crew

  • Alec Guinness

    Alec GuinnessGulley Jimson

  • Kay Walsh

    Kay WalshDee Coker

  • Renée Houston

    Renée HoustonSara Monday

  • Mike MorganNosey

  • Robert Coote

    Robert CooteSir William Beeder

  • Michael Gough

    Michael GoughAbel

  • Veronica TurleighLday Beeder

  • Reginald Beckwith

    Reginald BeckwithCapt. Jones

  • Arthur Macrae

    Arthur MacraeA.W. Alabaster

  • Ernest Thesiger

    Ernest ThesigerHickson

  • Gillian VaughanLollie

  • Joan Hickson

    Joan HicksonLady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)

  • John AdamsPolice Officer (uncredited)

  • Chris AdcockWorkman (uncredited)

  • Andy AlstonWorkman (uncredited)

  • Timothy Bateson

    Timothy BatesonClerk to Borough Surveyor (uncredited)

  • Jim Brady

    Jim BradyWorkman (uncredited)

  • Victor Brooks

    Victor BrooksForeman (uncredited)

Director
Ronald Neame
Writer
Joyce Cary and Alec Guinness
Music
Kenneth V. Jones
Cinematography
Arthur Ibbetson