Pygmalion
6.974
96 minutes
10/6/1938
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.
Cast List
Leslie Howard
as Henry Higgins
Wendy Hiller
as Eliza Doolittle
Wilfrid Lawson
as Alfred Doolittle
Marie Lohr
as Mrs. Higgins
Scott Sunderland
as Colonel George Pickering
Jean Cadell
as Mrs. Pearce
David Tree
as Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Everley Gregg
as Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
Leueen MacGrath
as Clara Eynsford-Hill
Esme Percy
as Count Aristid Karpathy
Violet Vanbrugh
as Ambassadress
Irene Browne
as Duchess
Kate Cutler
as Grand Old Lady
O.B. Clarence
as Mr. Birchwood
Ivor Barnard
as Sarcastic Bystander
Cecil Trouncer
as First Policeman
Iris Hoey
as Ysabel
Viola Tree
as Perfide
Cathleen Nesbitt
as A Lady
Wally Patch
as First Bystander
H.F. Maltby
as Second Bystander
George Mozart
as Third Bystander
Stephen Murray
as Second Policeman
Eileen Beldon
as Mrs. Higgin's Parlourmaid
Frank Atkinson
as Taxi-Driver
Anthony Quayle
as Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)
Leo Genn
as Prince (uncredited)
Moyna MacGill
as Woman Bystander (uncredited)
Patrick Macnee
as Extra (uncredited)