

Pygmalion
1938-10-06 · 96 min · ★ 7.0
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.
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Production details
- Directors
- Leslie Howard, Anthony Asquith
- Production companies
- Gabriel Pascal Productions, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 350,000
Top Cast
Leslie HowardHenry Higgins
Wendy HillerEliza Doolittle
Wilfrid LawsonAlfred Doolittle
Marie LohrMrs. Higgins
Scott SunderlandColonel George Pickering
Jean CadellMrs. Pearce
David TreeFreddy Eynsford-Hill
Everley GreggMrs. Eynsford-Hill
Leueen MacGrathClara Eynsford-Hill
Esme PercyCount Aristid Karpathy
Violet VanbrughAmbassadress
Irene BrowneDuchess
Kate CutlerGrand Old Lady
O.B. ClarenceMr. Birchwood
Ivor BarnardSarcastic Bystander
Iris HoeyYsabel
Cathleen NesbittA Lady
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