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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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.
Release Date
1938-10-06
Language:
EN
Budget:
$350,000.00
Revenue:
$0.00
Duration:
96 mins
Status:
Released
Genres:
ComedyDramaRomance
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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 )
Violet Vanbrugh ( Ambassadress )
Irene Browne ( Duchess )
Kate Cutler ( Grand Old Lady )
O.B. Clarence ( Mr. Birchwood )
Ivor Barnard ( Sarcastic Bystander )
Cecil Trouncer ( First Policeman )
Iris Hoey ( Ysabel )
Viola Tree ( Perfide )
Cathleen Nesbitt ( A Lady )
Wally Patch ( First Bystander )
H.F. Maltby ( Second Bystander )
George Mozart ( Third Bystander )
Stephen Murray ( Second Policeman )
Eileen Beldon ( Mrs. Higgin's Parlourmaid )
Frank Atkinson ( Taxi-Driver )
Anthony Quayle ( Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited) )