
Pygmalion
# He picked up a girl from the gutter - and changed her into a glamorous society butterfly!
π Overview:
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.
π΅ Budget: USD
350,000
π Languages Available:
English
π Date Released:
1939-03-03
β Running Time:
96 mins
β Vote Average:
7.0
Beloved Cast

Henry Higgins
Leslie Howard

Eliza Doolittle
Wendy Hiller

Alfred Doolittle
Wilfrid Lawson

Mrs. Higgins
Marie Lohr

Colonel George Pickering
Scott Sunderland

Mrs. Pearce
Jean Cadell

Freddy Eynsford-Hill
David Tree

Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
Everley Gregg

Clara Eynsford-Hill
Leueen MacGrath

Count Aristid Karpathy
Esme Percy

Ambassadress
Violet Vanbrugh

Duchess
Irene Browne

Grand Old Lady
Kate Cutler

Mr. Birchwood
O.B. Clarence

Sarcastic Bystander
Ivor Barnard

First Policeman
Cecil Trouncer

Ysabel
Iris Hoey

Perfide
Viola Tree

A Lady
Cathleen Nesbitt

First Bystander
Wally Patch

Second Bystander
H.F. Maltby

Third Bystander
George Mozart

Second Policeman
Stephen Murray

Mrs. Higgin's Parlourmaid
Eileen Beldon

Taxi-Driver
Frank Atkinson

Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)
Anthony Quayle

Prince (uncredited)
Leo Genn

Woman Bystander (uncredited)
Moyna MacGill

Extra (uncredited)
Patrick Macnee