Major Barbara
Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the Salvation Army. Wooed by professor-turned-preacher Adolphus Cusins, Barbara eventually grows disillusioned with her causes and begins to see things from her father's perspective.
- 6.7
- 1941
- Released
- 2h 1m
Wendy Hiller
Major Barbara Undershaft
Rex Harrison
Adolphus Cusins
Robert Morley
Andrew Undershaft
Robert Newton
Bill Walker
Sybil Thorndike
The General
Emlyn Williams
Snobby Prince
Marie Lohr
Lady Britomart
Penelope Dudley-Ward
Sarah Undershaft
Walter Hudd
Stephen Undershaft
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 (uncredited)
O.B. Clarence
Pettigrew (uncredited)Dane Gordon
Cast Member (uncredited)
Edward Rigby
Man on Quayside (uncredited)Billy Wells
Minor Role (uncredited)Released
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- #based on play or musical
- #estranged father
- #salvation army
- #weapons manufacturer
Reviews
Gabriel Pascal and (George) Bernard Shaw have reunited for this enjoyably paced, quirky and characterful adaptation of his 1905 play. That creation uses chocolate, this one replaces it with arms as the eponymous, upright and virtuous character - Wendy Hiller - re-evaluates her leading light position in the Salvation Army when their General (Dame Sybil Thorndike) agrees to accept two huge donations