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Pygmalion

Not Rated
ComedyDramaRomance
7/10(136 ratings)

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.

03-03-1939
1h 36m
Pygmalion
Backdrop for Pygmalion

Main Cast

Leslie Howard

Leslie Howard

Henry Higgins

Wendy Hiller

Wendy Hiller

Eliza Doolittle

Wilfrid Lawson

Wilfrid Lawson

Alfred Doolittle

Mrs. Higgins

Colonel George Pickering

Mrs. Pearce

David Tree

David Tree

Freddy Eynsford-Hill

Movie Details

Production Info

Directors:
Leslie Howard, Anthony Asquith
Writer:
Ian Dalrymple
Production:
Gabriel Pascal Productions, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Budget:
$350,000

Key Crew

Director:
Leslie Howard
Director:
Anthony Asquith
Theatre Play:
George Bernard Shaw
Screenplay:
George Bernard Shaw
Dialogue:
George Bernard Shaw

Locations and Languages

Country:
GB
Filming:
GB
Languages:
en