
Pygmalion
Comedy · TV Movie
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.
Top Cast


Peter O'Toole
Peter O'Toole
Professor Henry Higgins
Peter O'Toole
Professor Henry Higgins


Shelagh McLeod
Shelagh McLeod
Clara
Shelagh McLeod
Clara


Nancy Kerr
Nancy Kerr
Mrs. Eynsford Hill
Nancy Kerr
Mrs. Eynsford Hill
Ron White
Ron White
Freddie
Ron White
Freddie


Margot Kidder
Margot Kidder
Eliza Doolittle
Margot Kidder
Eliza Doolittle


John Standing
John Standing
Colonel Pickering
John Standing
Colonel Pickering


Philip Craig
Philip Craig
Bystander
Philip Craig
Bystander
Hugh Webster
Hugh Webster
Sarcastic Bystander
Hugh Webster
Sarcastic Bystander
Helen Beavis
Helen Beavis
Mrs. Pearce
Helen Beavis
Mrs. Pearce
Donald Ewer
Donald Ewer
Alfred P. Doolittle
Donald Ewer
Alfred P. Doolittle
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