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Pygmalion
Pygmalion

Pygmalion

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

Genres

ComedyDramaRomance

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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.

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Budget

$350000

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

96 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

06 October 1938

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Leslie Howard

Leslie Howard

Henry Higgins

Wendy Hiller

Wendy Hiller

Eliza Doolittle

Wilfrid Lawson

Wilfrid Lawson

Alfred Doolittle

Marie Lohr

Marie Lohr

Mrs. Higgins

Scott Sunderland

Scott Sunderland

Colonel George Pickering

Jean Cadell

Jean Cadell

Mrs. Pearce

David Tree

David Tree

Freddy Eynsford-Hill

Everley Gregg

Everley Gregg

Mrs. Eynsford-Hill

Leueen MacGrath

Leueen MacGrath

Clara Eynsford-Hill

Esme Percy

Esme Percy

Count Aristid Karpathy

Violet Vanbrugh

Violet Vanbrugh

Ambassadress

Irene Browne

Irene Browne

Duchess

Kate Cutler

Kate Cutler

Grand Old Lady

O.B. Clarence

O.B. Clarence

Mr. Birchwood

Ivor Barnard

Ivor Barnard

Sarcastic Bystander

Cecil Trouncer

Cecil Trouncer

First Policeman

Iris Hoey

Iris Hoey

Ysabel

Viola Tree

Viola Tree

Perfide

Cathleen Nesbitt

Cathleen Nesbitt

A Lady

Wally Patch

Wally Patch

First Bystander

H.F. Maltby

H.F. Maltby

Second Bystander

George Mozart

George Mozart

Third Bystander

Stephen Murray

Stephen Murray

Second Policeman

Eileen Beldon

Eileen Beldon

Mrs. Higgin's Parlourmaid

Frank Atkinson

Frank Atkinson

Taxi-Driver

Anthony Quayle

Anthony Quayle

Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)

Leo Genn

Leo Genn

Prince (uncredited)

Moyna MacGill

Moyna MacGill

Woman Bystander (uncredited)

Patrick Macnee

Patrick Macnee

Extra (uncredited)

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