Gulley Jimson is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of his next art project, he hunkers down in the penthouse of would-be patrons the Beeders while they go on an extended vacation; he paints a mural on their wall, pawns their valuables and, along with the sculptor Abel, inadvertently smashes a large hole in their floor. Jimson's next project is an even larger wall in an abandoned church.
Cast
Alec Guinness
Gulley Jimson
Kay Walsh
Dee Coker
Renée Houston
Sara Monday
Mike Morgan
Nosey
Robert Coote
Sir William Beeder
Michael Gough
Abel
Veronica Turleigh
Lday Beeder
Reginald Beckwith
Capt. Jones
Arthur Macrae
A.W. Alabaster
Ernest Thesiger
Hickson
Gillian Vaughan
Lollie
Joan Hickson
Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
John Adams
Police Officer (uncredited)
Chris Adcock
Workman (uncredited)
Andy Alston
Workman (uncredited)
Timothy Bateson
Clerk to Borough Surveyor (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Workman (uncredited)
Victor Brooks
Foreman (uncredited)
Peter Bull
Man in Taxi (uncredited)
Richard Caldicot
Roberts (uncredited)
Terry Cashfield
Bit Role (uncredited)
Jack Chissick
Bit Role (uncredited)
Mary Davies
Pretty Girl (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths
Man Delivering Sculpture Block (uncredited)
May Hallatt
Charwoman (uncredited)
Rose Howlett
Cook (uncredited)
Jeremy Judge
Dickie (uncredited)
John Kidd
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Rosalind Knight
Art Student (uncredited)
Hugh Latimer
Photographer (uncredited)
Richard Leech
Hodges (uncredited)
Garry Leeman
Bit Role (uncredited)
John Lynn
Man in Queue at Tate Gallery (uncredited)
Jackie Martin
Bit Role (uncredited)
Sally Muggeridge
Bit Role (uncredited)
John Norman
Bit Role (uncredited)
Elton Ollivierre
Black Model (uncredited)
Clive Revill
Art Student (uncredited)
Ernie Rice
Onlooker at Demolition of Wall (uncredited)
David Robinson
Bit Role (uncredited)
Tony Spears
Man in Queue at Tate Gallery (uncredited)
Crew
Ronald Neame
Director, Producer
Alec Guinness
Writer
Joyce Cary
Novel
Anne V. Coates
Editor
Arthur Ibbetson
Director of Photography
Michael Stevenson
Third Assistant Director
Colin M. Brewer
Assistant Director
Albert Fennell
Executive Producer
John Bryan
Producer
John Harris
Camera Operator
Paul Wilson
First Assistant Camera
Julia Squire
Costume Design
Pearl Tipaldi
Hairstylist
Harold Fletcher
Makeup Artist
John Cox
Sound Supervisor
Red Law
Sound Recordist
George Stephenson
Sound Recordist
Leslie Hodgson
ADR Editor
Kenneth V. Jones
Original Music Composer
R.L.M. Davidson
Production Manager
William C. Andrews
Art Direction
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