The Horses Mouth 1958 Trailer

Available on DVD from This Oscar and BAFTA nominated British comedy was Ronald Neame’s film of Joyce Cary’s classic novel, which stars Alec Guinness in a bravura performance as one of cinema’s most comic artistic figures. Gulley Jimson is a vulgar, ill-mannered, but supremely dedicated painter who is in search of his artistic vision and determined to let nothing stand in his way to create perfect art. Next to Tony Hancock’s The Rebel, this is one of the comic celluloid masterpieces of art for art’s sake! Co-stars Renee Houston and Michael Gough. Starring Alec Guinness Kay Walsh Renee Houston Michael Gough Director Ronald Neame