Audrey Hepburn stars as Eliza Doolittle in director George Cukor’s adaptation of the Broadway musical based on George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion. In 1912 London, cockney street peddler Eliza is handpicked by linguistics professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison) on a bet that he can reshape her into an aristocrat. Higgins has his work cut out for him -- Eliza turns out to be quite the spitfire. As he struggles to teach Eliza how to speak, walk, and behave like a proper lady, his friend Colonel Pickering sits back and enjoys the wild ride. Eliza's ultimate transformation is spectacular, and even Higgins is surprised by how she handles herself at upper-crust gatherings. He’s also surprised at how he himself is transformed when it comes to his feelings for his fetching protégé. With music and lyrics by Lerner and Loewe, this musical is truly a classic.