The Horse's Mouth (Straight from the Horse's Mouth)

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Directed by

Ronald Neame

Starring (View all)

Alec Guinness
Gulley Jimson

Kay Walsh
Dee Coker

Renee Houston
Sara Monday

Robert Coote
Sir William Beeder

Michael Gough
Abel [Bisson]

Reginald Beckwith
Capt. Jones

Ernest Thesiger
Hickson

Gillian Vaughan
Lollie

Written by

Alec Guinness
(screenplay)

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Description: The Horse's Mouth is an acting and writing tour de force for Alec Guinness, who authored the screenplay in addition to starring in the film. Gulley Jimson (Alec Guinness) is an aging artist with a reputation as a genius, though he lives an impoverished life. Jimson has reached the point in his life where he no longer feels any need to moderate his irascible persona -- he has a taste for alcohol and a tendency toward boisterous spirits where the ladies are concerned -- in search of canvasses to paint and commissions that will allow him to live comfortably, and Guinness lives the role to the hilt. Released from jail for some indis ... (more)

Release date: 11 November 1958
UPC: 037429168721

Tags: Comedy (3), Poverty (2), Satire (1), British (1), Art (1), 1950s (1), Imagination (1), 1958 (1), HQ (1), Spiritual Cinema (1), 50's (1), United Artists (1), SnP (1), Watch Online (1), Creative Process (1)

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"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. I usually like Alec Guinness comedies but this one I just couldn't g"