It is somewhat of an anomaly for the Bronx - born director, sheathed as it is in a black - and - white, expressionistic cloak, but it's thrown at you with the same moral, guttersnipe effrontery as Bad Lieutenant and Fear City. (slantmagazine.com)
Cranky Professor Henry Higgins (Leslie Howard) takes a bet that he can turn Cockney guttersnipe Eliza Doolittle (Wendy Hiller) into a «proper lady» in a mere six months in this delightful comedy of bad manners, based on the play by George Bernard Shaw. (janusfilms.com)
All this is overseen by assorted preening socialites, drunken journalists, untrustworthy servants, vile guttersnipes, and whores of all stripes and persuasions. (bookbrowse.com)