Major Barbara ( George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara )

Major Barbara (DVD) (*)

$37.99

Original Title: George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
116 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1941 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Gabriel Pascal

Written By:
George Bernard Shaw

Actors:
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

Synopsis:

George Bernard Shaw's satiric comedy about wealth and poverty is brought to the screen with wonderful performances by Rex Harrison and Wendy Hiller. Hiller plays Major Barbara Undershaft, a major in the Salvation Army who is also a socialist and stridently attacks capitalists -- in particular her father Andrew (Robert Morley), the head of a munitions plant. In love with Barbara is the young Greek scholar Adolphus Cusins (Rex Harrison), whose attentions go unreturned since Barbara spends all her time on her crusade against wealth. To show up his daughter, Andrew donates 50,000 pounds to the Salvation Army which, to Barbara's horror, the Army's general (Sybil Thorndike) happily accepts. Barbara, in protest, quits her post and it is left to Adolphus to take her on a tour of her father's munitions plant and prove to her the benefits of capitalism.

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