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The Horse's Mouth

The Horse's Mouth

★ 6.7/10•1958•1h 35m•15•Comedy

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.

Ronald Neame · Director

Alec Guinness · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 35m
LanguageEN
Release DateNov 11, 1958

Actors

Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Gulley Jimson

Kay Walsh

Kay Walsh

Dee Coker

Renée Houston

Renée Houston

Sara Monday

Mike Morgan

Nosey

Robert Coote

Robert Coote

Sir William Beeder

Michael Gough

Michael Gough

Abel

Veronica Turleigh

Lday Beeder

Reginald Beckwith

Reginald Beckwith

Capt. Jones

Arthur Macrae

Arthur Macrae

A.W. Alabaster

Ernest Thesiger

Ernest Thesiger

Hickson

Gillian Vaughan

Lollie

Joan Hickson

Joan Hickson

Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)

John Adams

Police Officer (uncredited)

Chris Adcock

Workman (uncredited)

Andy Alston

Workman (uncredited)

Timothy Bateson

Timothy Bateson

Clerk to Borough Surveyor (uncredited)

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