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Androcles and the Lion
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Androcles and the Lion

1952-12-01 · 98 min · ★ 5.9

Comedy

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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Directors
Chester Erskine
Production companies
RKO Radio Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Victor MatureVictor MatureCaptain
Jean SimmonsJean SimmonsLavinina
Alan YoungAlan YoungAndrocles
Robert NewtonRobert NewtonFerrovius
Maurice EvansMaurice EvansCaesar
Elsa LanchesterElsa LanchesterMegaera
Reginald GardinerReginald GardinerLentulus
Gene LockhartGene LockhartMenagerie Keeper
Alan MowbrayAlan MowbrayEditor of Gladiators
Noel WillmanNoel WillmanSpintho
John HoytJohn HoytCato
Jim BackusJim BackusCenturion
Lowell GilmoreLowell GilmoreMetellus
Woody StrodeWoody StrodeThe Lion
Strother MartinStrother MartinSoldier (uncredited)
Millard SherwoodChristian (uncredited)

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