Pygmalion
Pygmalion
1939
1h 36m
7.0/10 (146 votes)
Budget:$350,000
Director: Anthony Asquith

Pygmalion

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

ComedyDramaRomance

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.

Top 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

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