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.

The Horse’s Mouth (1958)

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

★ 6.7/10 November 11, 1958 95 min

Comedy

Director: Ronald Neame  ·  Writer: Alec Guinness

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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Director

Ronald Neame

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)