Alec Guinness
Gulley Jimson
Search results
The Horse's Mouth is a 1958 film directed by Ronald Neame and filmed in Technicolor. Alec Guinness wrote the screenplay, which was based on the 1944 novel The Horse's Mouth by Joyce Cary. Guinness also played the lead role of Gulley Jimson, a London artist.
The Horse's Mouth: Directed by Ronald Neame. With Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Renee Houston, Mike Morgan. An ill-behaved, lovably scruffy painter, Gulley Jimson, searches for a perfect canvas, determined to let nothing come between himself and the realization of his exalted vision.
- (3.9K)
- Comedy
- Ronald Neame
- 1958-11-11
In Ronald Neame’s film of Joyce Cary’s classic novel, Alec Guinness transforms himself into one of cinema’s most indelible comic figures: the lovably scruffy painter Gulley Jimson. As the ill-behaved Jimson searches for a perfect canvas, he determines to let nothing come between himself and the realization of his exalted vision.
- Gulley Jimson
The Horse’s Mouth, British screwball comedy film, released in 1958, that starred Alec Guinness as the eccentric fictional artist Gulley Jimson. It was adapted by Guinness from the third part of a trilogy by English novelist Joyce Cary. Jimson is a talented but disreputable artist who has just been.
- Lee Pfeiffer
Rent The Horse's Mouth on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. Gulley Jimson (Alec Guinness) is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of his next...
- (18)
- Alec Guinness
- Ronald Neame
- Knightsbridge Films
People also ask
Is the Horse's Mouth based on a true story?
Who starred in the horse's mouth?
Where can I watch the horse's mouth?
Is the horse's mouth a good movie?
Director. Alec Guinness. Gulley Jimson. Kay Walsh. Cookie D. Coker. Renee Houston. Sarah Monday. Mike Morgan. Nosey. Robert Coote. Sir William Beeder. Photos & Videos. View All. Film Details. Genre. Comedy. Adaptation. Release Date. Nov 1958. Premiere Information. New York opening: 11 Nov 1958. Production Company. Knightsbridge Films, Ltd.
In 1958, a film adaptation, also titled The Horse's Mouth, was released, with an Academy Award -nominated screenplay by actor Alec Guinness. The film was directed by Ronald Neame, and starred Guinness, Kay Walsh, Renée Houston, Mike Morgan, and Robert Coote.
