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Pygmalion(1938)
Status: Released
Date: 1938-10-06
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156 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
He picked up a girl from the gutter - and changed her into a glamorous society butterfly!
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
Budget: $350,000.00
ProductionCompanies:
Gabriel Pascal Productions
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Movie: Pygmalion
Top 10 Billed 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
Leueen MacGrath
Clara Eynsford-Hill
Esme Percy
Count Aristid Karpathy
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