Pygmalion
“He picked up a girl from the gutter - and changed her into a glamorous society butterfly!”
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.
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Cast
29 people
Leslie Howard
Henry Higgins
Known for
Gone with the Wind
The Petrified Forest
Wendy Hiller
Eliza Doolittle
Known for
The Elephant Man
A Man for All Seasons
Wilfrid Lawson
Alfred Doolittle
Known for
The Long Voyage Home
Hell Drivers
Marie Lohr
Mrs. Higgins
Known for
Anna Karenina
Went the Day Well?
Scott Sunderland
Colonel George Pickering
Known for
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Jean Cadell
Mrs. Pearce
Known for
I Know Where I'm Going!
Whisky Galore!
David Tree
Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Known for
Don't Look Now
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Everley Gregg
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
Known for
Brief Encounter
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Leueen MacGrath
Clara Eynsford-Hill
Also in
Edward, My Son
Three Cases of Murder
Esme Percy
Count Aristid Karpathy
Known for
Murder!
Dead of Night
Violet Vanbrugh
Ambassadress
Also in
Henry VIII
Captivation
Irene Browne
Duchess
Known for
The Red Shoes
Cavalcade
Leslie Howard Director · Anthony Asquith Director George Bernard Shaw Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.4M · Budget $350K · United States release March 3, 1939
Box office
Budget
$350,000
Worldwide gross
$1,400,000
Gross vs. budget
4.0×
Production
Gabriel Pascal Productions
Production
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Italy · August 29, 1938
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United Kingdom · October 6, 1938
Theatrical · London (Rated A)
United States · March 3, 1939
Theatrical
United States
December 8, 1938 · Premiere · New York City, New York
XC
August 2, 1946 · Theatrical · Re-release
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