Pygmalion

1939 · 96 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 10,019 VOTES · DIR. Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard

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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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,417 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:57 So long, ducks. See you in Piccadilly.
00:07:34 It's because I called him "Captain."
00:10:31 Sometimes, as in the case of this girl, within two streets.
00:14:00 Hello, dearie. Look what I got.
00:18:03 at 18 pence an hour from a real French gentleman.
00:20:59 Here, here, here, Eliza!
00:24:33 Oh, help.! Help.!
00:28:03 Sit down.
00:31:12 I think you ought to know that Mr. Higgins' intentions are entirely honorable.
00:34:17 Blimey, it's Eliza!
00:38:00 I know. My mother.
00:41:24 Professor Higgins said I might come.
00:45:41 When he was out of work
00:49:21 No, no. Do it again.
00:53:23 If I cut my hair nobody notices me.
00:57:11 The very man I've been dying to meet. I'm Ysabel of the Sun.
01:03:40 I say, Pick. Lock up, will you? I shan't be going out again.
01:08:05 It's only imagination, low spirits, nothing more.
01:11:50 It isn't the jeweler's.
01:18:04 - Something may have happened to her. - What are we to do?
01:21:19 - Where is she? - Now, promise to behave yourself, Henry.
01:24:32 Yes. In spite of all I've said and done, my wife...
01:27:50 He's as confirmed an old bachelor as I am.
01:31:14 You shall marry the viceroy of India.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,417
Dialogue density14.8 lines / min
First line00:02:57
Final line01:31:14

Production Record

DirectorAnthony Asquith, Leslie Howard
LanguageEnglish
Budget$350,000
IMDb votes10,019