

The Horse's Mouth
"Smart Alec ... Sheer madness and all Guinness! The man's a genius ..."
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.
Movie Details
Languages
English
Studio
Knightsbridge Films
Key Crew

Ronald Neame
Director

Alec Guinness
Writer

Ronald Neame
Producer

John Bryan
Producer
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)