Pygmalion

1h 49min

Comedy

TV Movie

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.

Cast

Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole

Professor Henry Higgins
Nancy Kerr

Nancy Kerr

Mrs. Eynsford Hill
Ron White

Ron White

Freddie
Margot Kidder

Margot Kidder

Eliza Doolittle
John Standing

John Standing

Colonel Pickering
Philip Craig

Philip Craig

Bystander
Hugh Webster

Hugh Webster

Sarcastic Bystander
Helen Beavis

Helen Beavis

Mrs. Pearce
Donald Ewer

Donald Ewer

Alfred P. Doolittle
Frances Hyland

Frances Hyland

Mrs. Higgins
Donna Goodhand

Donna Goodhand

Parlormaid

Release date

31st Dec 1983

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English