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A Balasaur Score of 84 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%, Metacritic 95/100. Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 96% of the 447 1960s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 53m.
Synopsis
A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic95/100
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
1,466 audience votes
Key crew
- George CukorDirector
- Alan Jay LernerScreenplay
- Frederick LoeweOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Audrey HepburnEliza Doolittle
- Rex HarrisonProfessor Henry Higgins
- Stanley HollowayAlfred P. Doolittle
- Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteColonel Hugh Pickering
- Gladys CooperMrs. Higgins
- Jeremy BrettFreddy Eynsford-Hill
- Theodore BikelZoltan Karpathy
- Mona WashbourneMrs. Pearce
- Isobel ElsomMrs. Eynsford-Hill
- John HollandButler
- Marni NixonEliza Doolittle (singing voice) (uncredited)
- Colin KennyAd Lib at Church (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
transformationmusicalflower girlcolonelsuitorwagerclass differencestutoraristocratlinguisthigh societymisogynist
The Best Movies of 1964
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