Major Barbara (film)

Major Barbara
Directed byGabriel Pascal
Uncredited:
Harold French
David Lean
Written byGeorge Bernard Shaw
Marjorie Deans
Anatole de Grunwald
Produced byGabriel Pascal
StarringWendy Hiller
Rex Harrison
Robert Morley
Robert Newton
CinematographyRonald Neame
Uncredited:
Freddie Young
Edited byDavid Lean
Charles Frend
Music byWilliam Walton
Production
company
Gabriel Pascal Productions
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release date
  • 2 August 1941 (1941-08-02)
Running time
131 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£230,000[1] or $800,000[2]

Major Barbara is a 1941 British film starring Wendy Hiller and Rex Harrison. The film was produced and directed by Gabriel Pascal and edited by David Lean. It was adapted for the screen by Marjorie Deans and Anatole de Grunwald, based on the 1905 stage play Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw. It was both a critical and a financial success.[3]

  1. ^ Wood, Alan (1952). Mr. Rank a Study of J.Arthur Rank and British Films. p. 105.
  2. ^ "UA Meeting". Variety. 20 November 1940. p. 20.
  3. ^ Valerie Pascal. The Disciple and His Devil. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1970.

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