The Horse's Mouth (1958)
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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.
- Released: 1958-11-11
- Genres: Comedy
- Runtime: 1h 35m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10 from 51 votes
Directed by Ronald Neame.
Top cast
- 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
Where to watch The Horse's Mouth
- United States: stream on Criterion Channel, IndieFlix; watch free on Fawesome, Artiflix, Plex, Plex Channel, Mometu; rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store
- United Kingdom: watch free on Artiflix, Plex
- India: watch free on Artiflix, Plex, Plex Channel
- Canada: stream on Criterion Channel; watch free on Artiflix, Plex; rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store
- Australia: watch free on Artiflix, Plex
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