Androcles and the Lion

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Androcles and the Lion (1952)

Directed by Chester Erskine

“SPECTACLE, ROMANCE, COMEDY!...as only Shaw could write it and the screen show it!”

Comedy · 1h 38m

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.

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Cast

Victor Mature Captain Jean Simmons Lavinina Alan Young Androcles Robert Newton Ferrovius Maurice Evans Caesar Elsa Lanchester Megaera Reginald Gardiner Lentulus Gene Lockhart Menagerie Keeper Alan Mowbray Editor of Gladiators Noel Willman Spintho John Hoyt Cato Jim Backus Centurion

Crew

Director
Chester Erskine
Director of Photography
Harry Stradling Sr.
Original Music Composer
Friedrich Hollaender
Editor
Roland Gross
Producer
Gabriel Pascal

Details

Release date
1952-12-01
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Comedy
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
RKO Radio Pictures