Androcles and the Lion

George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values. Pascal’s final Shaw production is played broadly, with comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naïf. He’s ably supported by Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, and Elsa Lanchester.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Comedy

Duration:

98 minutes

Year:

1952

Director:

Chester Erskine

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Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Cast:

Captain

Lavinina

Androcles

Ferrovius

Caesar

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