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Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
51 audience votes
Key crew
- Ronald NeameDirector
- Alec GuinnessWriter
- Kenneth V. JonesOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Alec GuinnessGulley Jimson
- Kay WalshDee Coker
- Renée HoustonSara Monday
- Mike MorganNosey
- Robert CooteSir William Beeder
- Michael GoughAbel
- Veronica TurleighLday Beeder
- Reginald BeckwithCapt. Jones
- Arthur MacraeA.W. Alabaster
- Ernest ThesigerHickson
- Gillian VaughanLollie
- Joan HicksonLady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)