Pygmalion (1973)

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Lynn Redgrave heads the cast as Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle in this BBC adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's best-known play. To win a bet with his friend Col. Pickering (Ronald Fraser), boastful phonetics teacher Henry Higgins (James Villiers) vows to transform the uncultured Eliza into a… More Lynn Redgrave heads the cast as Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle in this BBC adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's best-known play. To win a bet with his friend Col. Pickering (Ronald Fraser), boastful phonetics teacher Henry Higgins (James Villiers) vows to transform the uncultured Eliza into a genteel English lady. Along the way, she captures the pompous professor's heart -- but he's too stubborn to admit it.