Movie

Pygmalion

“He picked up a girl from the gutter - and changed her into a glamorous society butterfly!”

★ 7.0(161)19381h 36m

Pygmalion is streaming on Criterion Channel and FlixFling in Canada, and available to rent or buy on FlixFling. Availability checked 15 June 2026.

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Good to know

Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard
Release date: 1938-10-06
Runtime: 1h 36m
Language: English
Budget: $350,000
Status: Released
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: Gabriel Pascal Productions

About Pygmalion

Pygmalion is a 1938 movie in the Comedy, Drama and Romance genres, directed by Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard, starring Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller and Wilfrid Lawson. It has a runtime of 1 hour 36 minutes. It holds an average rating of 7.0/10 from 161 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Pygmalion in Canada — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

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

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

Themes & keywords

betprofessorbathtransformationteaetiquetteelocutionbased on play or musicalteacherteacher student relationshiphigh societyguttersnipepygmalionflower vendorsocial class