The Horse’s Mouth

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British comedy film film

The Horse’s Mouth is a 1958 British comedy film, based on Joyce Cary’s novel, about an eccentric painter obsessed with his art, featuring a notable performance by Michael Gough.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
The Horse's Mouth	2
Joyce Cary’s novel The Horse’s Mouth	1
The Horse’s Mouth canonical	1
The Horse’s Mouth (novel)	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British comedy film ⓘ film ⓘ
academyAwardNominationYear	1959 ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork	Joyce Cary ⓘ
awardNomination	Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
basedOn	The Horse’s Mouth self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Horse’s Mouth (novel)
cinematographyBy	Arthur Ibbetson ⓘ
colorProcess	Eastmancolor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
director	Ronald Neame ⓘ
distributor	United Artists ⓘ
editedBy	Anne V. Coates ⓘ
filmMovement	post-war British cinema ⓘ
genre	comedy film ⓘ drama film ⓘ
hasTheme	artistic obsession ⓘ conflict between art and society ⓘ individualism ⓘ
leadActor	Alec Guinness ⓘ
mainCharacter	Gulley Jimson ⓘ
medium	feature film ⓘ
musicBy	Kenneth V. Jones ⓘ
notableFor	Alec Guinness’s performance as Gulley Jimson ⓘ depiction of modernist art and murals ⓘ portrayal of an obsessive, nonconformist artist ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
plotSummary	An eccentric painter becomes obsessively devoted to creating his art, causing chaos in the lives of those around him. ⓘ
producer	Ronald Neame ⓘ
productionCompany	Independent Film Producers ⓘ
publicationYearOfSourceWork	1944 ⓘ
releaseDecade	1950s ⓘ
releaseFormat	theatrical film ⓘ
releaseYear	1958 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	95 ⓘ
screenplayAdaptedFrom	The Horse’s Mouth self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Joyce Cary’s novel The Horse’s Mouth
screenwriter	Alec Guinness ⓘ
settingLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
starring	Alec Guinness ⓘ Elizabeth Sellars ⓘ Ernest Thesiger ⓘ Kay Walsh ⓘ Michael Gough ⓘ
supportingActor	Michael Gough ⓘ

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Michael Gough → notableWork → The Horse’s Mouth ⓘ

The Horse’s Mouth → basedOn → The Horse’s Mouth self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Horse’s Mouth (novel)

The Horse’s Mouth → screenplayAdaptedFrom → The Horse’s Mouth self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joyce Cary’s novel The Horse’s Mouth

Alec Guinness → notableWork → The Horse’s Mouth ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Horse's Mouth

Francis Michael Gough → notableWork → The Horse’s Mouth ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Horse's Mouth