United Kingdom
1941
121 minutes
Black and White
1.33:1
English
Filmed in London in 1941, during the Blitz, Major Barbara emerged from a troubled production to become a major success for George Bernard Shaw and producer-director Gabriel Pascal. Pygmalion’s Wendy Hiller returns, this time as one of Shaw’s most memorable and controversial characters, Barbara Undershaft, a Salvation Army officer who speaks out against the hypocrisy she believes exists in her Christian charity organization. Rex Harrison, Robert Newton, and Deborah Kerr costar in this merrily satirical morality play.
| Major Barbara | Wendy Hiller |
| Adolphus Cusins | Rex Harrison |
| Andrew Undershaft | Robert Morley |
| Bill Walker | Robert Newton |
| The General | Sybil Thorndike |
| Snobby Price | Emlyn Williams |
| Jenny Hill | Deborah Kerr |
| Director | Gabriel Pascal |
| Assistant directors | Harold French and David Lean |
| Scenario and dialogue | George Bernard Shaw |
| Montage | David Lean |
| Editor | Charles Frend |
| Music | William Walton |
| Cinematography | Ronald Neame |
| Producer | Gabriel Pascal |
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