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Pygmalion

Pygmalion (1938)★ 7.7/10

Approved · GB · 96 min · August 29, 1938

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance

Directed by: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard

Written by: George Bernard Shaw, W.P. Lipscomb, Cecil Lewis, Ian Dalrymple, Anatole de Grunwald

Higgins bets he can transform Eliza Doolittle into a refined lady through speech training. As she grows independent, he must face the limits of his experiment and view her differently.

Directed by

Anthony AsquithLeslie Howard

Written by

George Bernard ShawW.P. LipscombCecil LewisIan DalrympleAnatole de GrunwaldKay Walsh

Cast & crew

Leslie HowardProfessor Henry HigginsWendy HillerEliza DoolittleWilfrid LawsonAlfred DoolittleMarie LohrMrs. HigginsScott SunderlandColonel PickeringJean CadellMrs. PearceDavid TreeFreddy Eynsford HillEverley GreggMrs. Eynsford HillLeueen MacGrathClara Eynsford HillEsme PercyCount Aristid KarpathyViolet VanbrughAmbassadressIris HoeyYsabel - Social ReporterViola TreePerfide - Social ReporterIrene BrowneDuchessKate CutlerGrand Old LadyCathleen NesbittA LadyO.B. ClarenceA VicarWally PatchFirst BystanderH.F. MaltbySecond BystanderGeorge MozartThird BystanderIvor BarnardSarcastic BystanderCecil TrouncerFirst PolicemanStephen MurraySecond PolicemanEileen BeldonMrs. Higgins' ParlourmaidFrank AtkinsonTaxi-DriverWallace BoscoPasser-by (uncredited)Leo GennPrince (uncredited)Kani KipçakKani Ryan (uncredited)Moyna MacGillWoman Bystander (uncredited)Patrick MacneeExtra (uncredited)Anthony QuayleEliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)