Pygmalion

December 27, 1981

90 minutes

John Glenister

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.

Movie Details

Release Date

December 27, 1981

Runtime

90 minutes

Director

John Glenister

Production Companies

Yorkshire Television

Cast

Twiggy

Eliza

Robert Powell

Higgins

Mona Washbourne

Mrs. Pearce

Ronald Fraser

Colonel Pickering

Marsha Fitzalan

Clara Eynsford-Hill

Arthur English

Arthur Doolittle

Helen Shingler

Mrs. Higgins

Pauline Jameson

Mrs. Eynsford-Hill

Shaun Scott

Freddie Eynsford-Hill