14/07/2009

The Horse's Mouth (1958)

Alec Guinness plays artist Gulley Jimson






 'The film begins with the release of the eccentric painter Gulley Jimson (Alec Guinness) from a one-month jail sentence for telephone harassment of his sponsor, Mr Hickson (Ernest Thesiger). Nosey Barbon (Mike Morgan), who wants to be a protégé of Jimson, greets Jimson at Wormwood Scrubs, but Jimson tries to discourage Nosey from pursuing painting for a living. Jimson makes off with Nosey's bike to make his way back to his houseboat, which Coker, an older lady friend, has been attending in Jimson's absence.' read more on Wikipedia

The paintings by the fictional artist Gulley Jimson were painted by the artist John Bratby

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