The Horse's Mouth

1958 film by Ronald Neame
Movie film Q2346116
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Summary

The Horse's Mouth is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (505 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Ronald Neame[3]
  • Screenwriter: Alec Guinness[4]
  • Composer: Kenneth V. Jones[5]
  • Genre: comedy drama[6]
  • Based on: The Horse's Mouth[7]
  • Cast member: Alec Guinness[8], Kay Walsh[9], Renée Houston[10], Mike Morgan[11], Robert Coote[12], Ernest Thesiger[13], Michael Gough[14], Reginald Beckwith[15]
  • Producer: John Bryan[16]
  • Director of photography: Arthur Ibbetson[17]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[18]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[19]
  • Review score: 7.5/10[20], 89%[21]
  • Color: color[22], black-and-white[23]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[24]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1958[25], February 13, 1959[26]
  • Distributed by: General Film Distributors[27], Netflix[28]
  • Narrative location: London[29]
  • Film editor: Anne V. Coates[30]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[31]
  • Title: The Horse's Mouth[32]
  • Duration: 97 minutes[33], 93 minutes[34]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[35]

Why It Matters

The Horse's Mouth has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . cnc.fr. cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'no', 'pl', 'pt', 'ru', 'sh', 'sv']
    Ampas collections film id → W061900
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 51739
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  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1958-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1959-02-13T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Alec Guinness
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+97'}, {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+93'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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