The Horse's Mouth (1958) |
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| Director(s) | Ronald Neame |
| Producer(s) | Ronald Neame, Albert Fennell, John Bryan |
| Top Genres | Comedy |
| Top Topics | Screwball Comedy |
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Alec Guinness(as Gulley Jimson)
The Horse's Mouth
Released
1958
The Horse's Mouth
Released
1958
Alec Guinness
(as Gulley Jimson)
Robert Coote(as Sir William Beeder)
The Horse's Mouth
Released
1958
The Horse's Mouth
Released
1958
Robert Coote
(as Sir William Beeder)
Michael Gough(as Abel)
The Horse's Mouth
Released
1958
The Horse's Mouth
Released
1958
Michael Gough
(as Abel)
Reginald Beckwith(as Capt. Jones)
The Horse's Mouth
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1958
The Horse's Mouth
Released
1958
Reginald Beckwith
(as Capt. Jones)
Ernest Thesiger(as Hickson)
The Horse's Mouth
Released
1958
The Horse's Mouth
Released
1958
Ernest Thesiger
(as Hickson)
Peter Bull(as Man in Taxi)
The Horse's Mouth
Released
1958
The Horse's Mouth
Released
1958
Peter Bull
(as Man in Taxi)
The Horse's Mouth Overview:
The Horse's Mouth (1958) was a Comedy - Film directed by Ronald Neame and produced by Ronald Neame, Albert Fennell and John Bryan.
Academy Awards 1958 --- Ceremony Number 31 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Writing | Alec Guinness | Nominated |
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The Horse's Mouth Quotes:
Gulley Jimson:
What are you doing?
Miss D. Coker: I'm saying my prayers; I forgot them.
Gulley Jimson: I thought you hated G-d.
Miss D. Coker: Maybe I do.
Gulley Jimson: Why do you pray then?
Miss D. Coker: Well, he's our Father, isn't he?
Gulley Jimson: That's a funny reason.
Miss D. Coker: I'm saying my prayers; I forgot them.
Gulley Jimson: I thought you hated G-d.
Miss D. Coker: Maybe I do.
Gulley Jimson: Why do you pray then?
Miss D. Coker: Well, he's our Father, isn't he?
Gulley Jimson: That's a funny reason.
Gulley Jimson:
Go and do something sensible, like shooting yourself! But don't be an artist!
Gulley Jimson:
It could happen to anyone, dear. All the greatest artists got their squares wrong. Numbers were invented by Arabs who hate art.
Gulley Jimson:
I like it here: bricks and broken glass, and an old garbage can. It's the story of my life.
Gulley Jimson:
Of course you want to be an artist. Everybody does, once. But they get over it, like measles and chicken pox.
Nosey: But there have to be artists!
Gulley Jimson: And lunatics too! But why go and live in an asylum before you're sent for?
See More Quotes from The Horse's MouthNosey: But there have to be artists!
Gulley Jimson: And lunatics too! But why go and live in an asylum before you're sent for?
The Horse's Mouth Facts
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When Nosey offers Bisson a bowl of stew, Michael Gough's voice on the soundtrack says "Buzz off!" but his lips form the words "Drop dead!" Presumably the line was changed when Mike Morgan died suddenly before the film was released.
Mike Morgan died ten days before the end of shooting. Some of his lines were dubbed by an unknown actor in post-production.
Joyce Carey, the author of the novel which inspired the film, based the role of the self-destructive painter on his good friend, the great Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.