The Horse's Mouth (1958)

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.

Cast (41)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Alec Guinness

Gulley Jimson

Kay Walsh

Dee Coker

Renée Houston

Sara Monday

M

Mike Morgan

Nosey

Robert Coote

Sir William Beeder

Michael Gough

Abel

V

Veronica Turleigh

Lday Beeder

Reginald Beckwith

Capt. Jones

Arthur Macrae

A.W. Alabaster

Ernest Thesiger

Hickson

G

Gillian Vaughan

Lollie

Joan Hickson

Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)

J

John Adams

Police Officer (uncredited)

C

Chris Adcock

Workman (uncredited)

A

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)

T

Terry Cashfield

Bit Role (uncredited)

Jack Chissick

Bit Role (uncredited)

M

Mary Davies

Pretty Girl (uncredited)

Fred Griffiths

Man Delivering Sculpture Block (uncredited)

May Hallatt

Charwoman (uncredited)

R

Rose Howlett

Cook (uncredited)

J

Jeremy Judge

Dickie (uncredited)

J

John Kidd

Pawnbroker (uncredited)

Rosalind Knight

Art Student (uncredited)

Hugh Latimer

Photographer (uncredited)

Richard Leech

Hodges (uncredited)

G

Garry Leeman

Bit Role (uncredited)

J

John Lynn

Man in Queue at Tate Gallery (uncredited)

J

Jackie Martin

Bit Role (uncredited)

S

Sally Muggeridge

Bit Role (uncredited)

J

John Norman

Bit Role (uncredited)

E

Elton Ollivierre

Black Model (uncredited)

Clive Revill

Art Student (uncredited)

E

Ernie Rice

Onlooker at Demolition of Wall (uncredited)

D

David Robinson

Bit Role (uncredited)

T

Tony Spears

Man in Queue at Tate Gallery (uncredited)

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