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Pygmalion
“He picked up a girl from the gutter - and changed her into a glamorous society butterfly!”
7.0 / 10• 1938• 1h 36m•NR• English
ComedyDramaRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Leslie Howard
Henry Higgins
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Leslie Howard's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Pygmalion is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
