Summary
Major Barbara is a British film comedy first released in 1941,
directed by Gabriel Pascal.
The film stars Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, Robert Morley, Robert Newton and Sybil Thorndike.
It has also been released under the title: George Bernard Shaw’s Major Barbara.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Gabriel Pascal
- Script: Marjorie Deans, Anatole de Grunwald, Gabriel Pascal, George Bernard Shaw
- Music: William Walton
- Cast: Wendy Hiller (Major Barbara), Rex Harrison (Adolphus Cusins), Robert Morley (Andrew Underschaft), Robert Newton (Bill Walker), Sybil Thorndike (The General), Emlyn Williams (Snobby Price), Marie Lohr (Lady Britomart), Penelope Dudley-Ward (Sarah Underschaft), Walter Hudd (Stephen Underschaft), David Tree (Charles Lomax), Deborah Kerr (Jenny Hill), Donald Calthrop (Peter Shirley), Marie Ault (Rummy Mitchens), Cathleen Cordell (Mog Habbijam), Torin Thatcher (Todger Fairmile), Miles Malleson (Morrison), Felix Aylmer (James), Stanley Holloway (Policeman), S.I. Hsiung (Ling), Kathleen Harrison (Mrs. Price), Mary Morris (A Girl), Charles Victor (Bilton), O.B. Clarence (Pettigrew), George Bernard Shaw (Himself (in theatrical release print only)), Edward Rigby, Billy Wells
- Country: UK
- Language: English
- Runtime: 131 min; B&W
- Aka: George Bernard Shaw’s Major Barbara
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