The Horse's Mouth
- Original title
- The Horse's Mouth
- Year
- 1958
- Running time
- 97 min.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Alec Guinness. Novel: Joyce Cary
- Cast
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- Alec Guinness
- Kay Walsh
- Renee Houston
- Mike Morgan
- Robert Coote
- Arthur Macrae
- Veronica Turleigh
- Michael Gough
- Reginald Beckwith
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy | Painting
- Synopsis
- Gulley Jimson is broke, difficult, conniving, uncouth, and a welcher - but an artist. The visions in his head may not really satisfy him when realized, but the quest continues, for the perfect wall. The Beeders leave for six weeks of vacation and return to find a 7000 pound committment and the wall of their living room a national treasure, even though living with a wall mural of feet is not their cup of tea. Then - in a bombed out church scheduled for demolition - THE wall that can become his vision.
- Awards
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1958: Nominated for Oscar: Best Adapted Screenplay1958: Venice Film Festival: Best Actor (Alec Guinness)1958: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Actor (Alec Guinness)1958: National Board of Review: Top Best Foreign Films and Supporting Actress1959: BAFTA Awards: 2 Nominations, including Best British Actress (Walsh)
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