
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.

as Gulley Jimson

as Dee Coker

as Sara Monday

as Nosey

as Sir William Beeder

as Abel

as Lday Beeder

as Capt. Jones

as A.W. Alabaster

as Hickson

as Lollie

as Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)

as Police Officer (uncredited)

as Workman (uncredited)

as Workman (uncredited)

as Clerk to Borough Surveyor (uncredited)

as Workman (uncredited)

as Foreman (uncredited)

as Man in Taxi (uncredited)

as Roberts (uncredited)

as Bit Role (uncredited)

as Bit Role (uncredited)

as Pretty Girl (uncredited)

as Man Delivering Sculpture Block (uncredited)

as Charwoman (uncredited)

as Cook (uncredited)

as Dickie (uncredited)

as Pawnbroker (uncredited)

as Art Student (uncredited)

as Photographer (uncredited)

as Hodges (uncredited)

as Bit Role (uncredited)

as Man in Queue at Tate Gallery (uncredited)

as Bit Role (uncredited)

as Bit Role (uncredited)

as Bit Role (uncredited)

as Black Model (uncredited)

as Art Student (uncredited)

as Onlooker at Demolition of Wall (uncredited)

as Bit Role (uncredited)

as Man in Queue at Tate Gallery (uncredited)