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Pygmalion

He picked up a girl from the gutter - and changed her into a glamorous society butterfly!
Oct 6, 1938 · 1h 36m
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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

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
Directed by Leslie Howard

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$350,000
Revenue
—
Production
Gabriel Pascal Productions, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Country
GB

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