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.
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Alec Guinness as Gulley Jimson
Kay Walsh as Dee Coker
Renée Houston as Sara Monday
Mike Morgan as Nosey
Robert Coote as Sir William Beeder
Michael Gough as Abel
Veronica Turleigh as Lday Beeder
Reginald Beckwith as Capt. Jones
Arthur Macrae as A.W. Alabaster
Ernest Thesiger as Hickson
Gillian Vaughan as Lollie
Joan Hickson as Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
John Adams as Police Officer (uncredited)
Chris Adcock as Workman (uncredited)
Andy Alston as Workman (uncredited)
Timothy Bateson as Clerk to Borough Surveyor (uncredited)
Jim Brady as Workman (uncredited)
Victor Brooks as Foreman (uncredited)
Peter Bull as Man in Taxi (uncredited)
Richard Caldicot as Roberts (uncredited)
Terry Cashfield as Bit Role (uncredited)
Jack Chissick as Bit Role (uncredited)
Mary Davies as Pretty Girl (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths as Man Delivering Sculpture Block (uncredited)
May Hallatt as Charwoman (uncredited)
Rose Howlett as Cook (uncredited)
Jeremy Judge as Dickie (uncredited)
John Kidd as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Rosalind Knight as Art Student (uncredited)
Hugh Latimer as Photographer (uncredited)
Richard Leech as Hodges (uncredited)
Garry Leeman as Bit Role (uncredited)
John Lynn as Man in Queue at Tate Gallery (uncredited)
Jackie Martin as Bit Role (uncredited)
Sally Muggeridge as Bit Role (uncredited)
John Norman as Bit Role (uncredited)
Elton Ollivierre as Black Model (uncredited)
Clive Revill as Art Student (uncredited)
Ernie Rice as Onlooker at Demolition of Wall (uncredited)
David Robinson as Bit Role (uncredited)
Tony Spears as Man in Queue at Tate Gallery (uncredited)
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