The Horse's Mouth
6.784
95 minutes
11/11/1958
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.
Cast List
Alec Guinness
as Gulley Jimson
Kay Walsh
as Dee Coker
Renée Houston
as Sara Monday
Mike Morgan
as Nosey
Robert Coote
as Sir William Beeder
Michael Gough
as Abel
Veronica Turleigh
as Lday Beeder
Reginald Beckwith
as Capt. Jones
Arthur Macrae
as A.W. Alabaster
Ernest Thesiger
as Hickson
Gillian Vaughan
as Lollie
Joan Hickson
as Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
John Adams
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Chris Adcock
as Workman (uncredited)
Andy Alston
as Workman (uncredited)
Timothy Bateson
as Clerk to Borough Surveyor (uncredited)
Jim Brady
as Workman (uncredited)
Victor Brooks
as Foreman (uncredited)
Peter Bull
as Man in Taxi (uncredited)
Richard Caldicot
as Roberts (uncredited)
Terry Cashfield
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Jack Chissick
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Mary Davies
as Pretty Girl (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths
as Man Delivering Sculpture Block (uncredited)
May Hallatt
as Charwoman (uncredited)
Rose Howlett
as Cook (uncredited)
Jeremy Judge
as Dickie (uncredited)
John Kidd
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Rosalind Knight
as Art Student (uncredited)
Hugh Latimer
as Photographer (uncredited)
Richard Leech
as Hodges (uncredited)
Garry Leeman
as Bit Role (uncredited)
John Lynn
as Man in Queue at Tate Gallery (uncredited)
Jackie Martin
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Sally Muggeridge
as Bit Role (uncredited)
John Norman
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Elton Ollivierre
as Black Model (uncredited)
Clive Revill
as Art Student (uncredited)
Ernie Rice
as Onlooker at Demolition of Wall (uncredited)
David Robinson
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Tony Spears
as Man in Queue at Tate Gallery (uncredited)