

Pygmalion
He picked up a girl from the gutter - and changed her into a glamorous society butterfly!
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$350000
Revenue
$0
Runtime
96 min
Release Date
1938-10-06
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
148
Vote Average
6.986
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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