Pygmalion

IMDb 7.0 1938 • 96 min • ComedyDramaRomance

Director

Leslie Howard

Country

GB

Plot Summary

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