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The Horse's Mouth

Genre:Comedy

Released:1958-11-11

Runtime:95

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:

Alec Guinness

Character: Gulley Jimson

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Kay Walsh

Character: Dee Coker

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Renée Houston

Character: Sara Monday

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Mike Morgan

Character: Nosey

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Robert Coote

Character: Sir William Beeder

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Michael Gough

Character: Abel

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Veronica Turleigh

Character: Lday Beeder

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Reginald Beckwith

Character: Capt. Jones

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Arthur Macrae

Character: A.W. Alabaster

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Ernest Thesiger

Character: Hickson

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Gillian Vaughan

Character: Lollie

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Joan Hickson

Character: Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)

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John Adams

Character: Police Officer (uncredited)

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Chris Adcock

Character: Workman (uncredited)

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Andy Alston

Character: Workman (uncredited)

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Timothy Bateson

Character: Clerk to Borough Surveyor (uncredited)

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Jim Brady

Character: Workman (uncredited)

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Victor Brooks

Character: Foreman (uncredited)

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Peter Bull

Character: Man in Taxi (uncredited)

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Richard Caldicot

Character: Roberts (uncredited)

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Terry Cashfield

Character: Bit Role (uncredited)

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Jack Chissick

Character: Bit Role (uncredited)

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Mary Davies

Character: Pretty Girl (uncredited)

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Fred Griffiths

Character: Man Delivering Sculpture Block (uncredited)

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May Hallatt

Character: Charwoman (uncredited)

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Rose Howlett

Character: Cook (uncredited)

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Jeremy Judge

Character: Dickie (uncredited)

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John Kidd

Character: Pawnbroker (uncredited)

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Rosalind Knight

Character: Art Student (uncredited)

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Hugh Latimer

Character: Photographer (uncredited)

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Richard Leech

Character: Hodges (uncredited)

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Garry Leeman

Character: Bit Role (uncredited)

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John Lynn

Character: Man in Queue at Tate Gallery (uncredited)

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Jackie Martin

Character: Bit Role (uncredited)

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Sally Muggeridge

Character: Bit Role (uncredited)

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John Norman

Character: Bit Role (uncredited)

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Elton Ollivierre

Character: Black Model (uncredited)

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Clive Revill

Character: Art Student (uncredited)

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Ernie Rice

Character: Onlooker at Demolition of Wall (uncredited)

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David Robinson

Character: Bit Role (uncredited)

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Tony Spears

Character: Man in Queue at Tate Gallery (uncredited)

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