Androcles and the Lion
SPECTACLE, ROMANCE, COMEDY!...as only Shaw could write it and the screen show it!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.
Description: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0
Runtime: 98 minutes
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Victor Mature
Played Captain
Jean Simmons
Played Lavinina
Alan Young
Played Androcles
Robert Newton
Played Ferrovius
Maurice Evans
Played Caesar
Elsa Lanchester
Played Megaera
Reginald Gardiner
Played Lentulus
Gene Lockhart
Played Menagerie Keeper
Alan Mowbray
Played Editor of Gladiators
Noel Willman
Played Spintho
John Hoyt
Played Cato
Jim Backus
Played Centurion
Lowell Gilmore
Played Metellus
Woody Strode
Played The Lion
Strother Martin
Played Soldier (uncredited)
Millard Sherwood
Played Christian (uncredited)
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