Pygmalion

Pygmalion (1939)

He picked up a girl from the gutter - and changed her into a glamorous society butterfly!

Comedy Drama Romance

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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  • Release Date: 1939-03-03
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Directors: Leslie Howard, Anthony Asquith.

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    • Trailer

    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

    • Cecil Trouncer

      First Policeman

    • Iris Hoey

      Ysabel

    • Viola Tree

      Perfide

    • Cathleen Nesbitt

      A Lady

    • Wally Patch

      First Bystander

    • H.F. Maltby

      Second Bystander

    • George Mozart

      Third Bystander

    • Stephen Murray

      Second Policeman

    • Eileen Beldon

      Mrs. Higgin's Parlourmaid

    • 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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