The Horse's Mouth

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.

Alec Guinness

(Gulley Jimson)

Kay Walsh

Renée Houston

Mike Morgan

Robert Coote

(Sir William Beeder)

Michael Gough

Veronica Turleigh

Reginald Beckwith

Arthur Macrae

(A.W. Alabaster)

Ernest Thesiger

Gillian Vaughan

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))

Terry Cashfield

(Bit Role (uncredited))

Jack Chissick

(Bit Role (uncredited))

Mary Davies

(Pretty Girl (uncredited))

Fred Griffiths

(Man Delivering Sculpture Block (uncredited))

May Hallatt

(Charwoman (uncredited))

Rose Howlett

(Cook (uncredited))

Jeremy Judge

(Dickie (uncredited))

John Kidd

(Pawnbroker (uncredited))

Rosalind Knight

(Art Student (uncredited))

Hugh Latimer

(Photographer (uncredited))

Richard Leech

(Hodges (uncredited))

Garry Leeman

(Bit Role (uncredited))

John Lynn

(Man in Queue at Tate Gallery (uncredited))

Jackie Martin

(Bit Role (uncredited))

Sally Muggeridge

(Bit Role (uncredited))

John Norman

(Bit Role (uncredited))

Elton Ollivierre

(Black Model (uncredited))

Clive Revill

(Art Student (uncredited))

Ernie Rice

(Onlooker at Demolition of Wall (uncredited))

David Robinson

(Bit Role (uncredited))

Tony Spears

(Man in Queue at Tate Gallery (uncredited))