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.
Joyce Cary | Novel |
Ronald Neame | Director |
Alec Guinness | Writer |
Arthur Ibbetson | Director of Photography |
Ronald Neame | Producer |
William C. Andrews | Art Direction |
Anne V. Coates | Editor |
Colin M. Brewer | Assistant Director |
Julia Squire | Costume Design |
Albert Fennell | Executive Producer |