The Horse's Mouth (film)

The Horse's Mouth
The Horse's Mouth US Theatrical Poster by Nicola Simbari
Directed byRonald Neame
Screenplay byAlec Guinness
Based onThe Horse's Mouth
1944 novel
by Joyce Cary
Produced byJohn Bryan
Ronald Neame
StarringAlec Guinness
Kay Walsh
Renée Houston
Mike Morgan
Robert Coote
CinematographyArthur Ibbetson
Edited byAnne V. Coates
Music byArranged and adapted from Sergei Prokofiev's "Lieutenant Kijé" by Kenneth V. Jones
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release date
  • 11 November 1958 (1958-11-11)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1 million (est. US/Canada rentals)[1]

The Horse's Mouth is a 1958 British film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh and Renée Houston.[2] The screenplay was by Alec Guinness based on the 1944 novel The Horse's Mouth by Joyce Cary. It was produced by John Bryan and Neame and filmed in Technicolor.

  1. ^ "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960 p 34
  2. ^ "The Horse's Mouth". British Film Institute. Retrieved 10 June 2024.