The Horse's Mouth

“Smart Alec ... Sheer madness and all Guinness! The man's a genius ...”

Gulley Jimson (Alec Guinness) is an aging, boorish painter just out of prison, with no money and a head full of walls he wants to cover. He moves into the penthouse of the Beeders while they are away on a long holiday, painting a mural on their wall, pawning their valuables and, with the sculptor Abel, knocking a hole through their floor. Ronald Neame films it in Technicolor, and Gulley carries on, certain the work justifies everything he breaks.