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The Horse's Mouth

“Smart Alec ... Sheer madness and all Guinness! The man's a genius ...”

1958 · 1 h 37 min
Directed by Ronald Neame
Comedy

Cast

Alec Guinness Kay Walsh Renee Houston Mike Morgan Robert Coote Arthur Macrae

Credits

Written by: Alec Guinness

Plot

An eccentric, selfish and brilliant painter, Gulley Jimson, scrounges for walls to paint a huge mural, in a comic adaptation of Joyce Cary's novel, with Alec Guinness.

Sinekatalog’s take

A funny and colourful comedy about an artist.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (4,202 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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