Pygmalion
141 reviews
Comedy/Drama
1h 36m
1939
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up...
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When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
- DirectorLeslie Howard
- Release3 March 1939
- Genre
- Duration1h 36m
- Budget$350,000
- Revenue?
- Rate141 reviews
- Productions
Gabriel Pascal Productions, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Cast

Leslie Howard
Henry Higgins

Wendy Hiller
Eliza Doolittle

Wilfrid Lawson
Alfred Doolittle

Marie Lohr
Mrs. Higgins

Scott Sunderland
Colonel George Pickering

Jean Cadell
Mrs. Pearce

David Tree
Freddy Eynsford-Hill

Everley Gregg
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill

Leueen MacGrath
Clara Eynsford-Hill

Esme Percy
Count Aristid Karpathy

Violet Vanbrugh
Ambassadress

Irene Browne
Duchess

Kate Cutler
Grand Old Lady

O.B. Clarence
Mr. Birchwood

Ivor Barnard
Sarcastic Bystander

Iris Hoey
Ysabel

Cathleen Nesbitt
A Lady

Wally Patch
First Bystander

George Mozart
Third Bystander

Stephen Murray
Second Policeman

Frank Atkinson
Taxi-Driver

Anthony Quayle
Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)

Leo Genn
Prince (uncredited)

Moyna MacGill
Woman Bystander (uncredited)

Patrick Macnee
Extra (uncredited)
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