Androcles and the Lion (1952)
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Story of a Christian in ancient Rome who befriends a 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.
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Victor MatureCaptain
Jean SimmonsLavinina
Alan YoungAndrocles
Robert NewtonFerrovius
Maurice EvansCaesar
Elsa LanchesterMegaera
Reginald GardinerLentulus
Gene LockhartMenagerie Keeper
Alan MowbrayEditor of Gladiators
Noel WillmanSpintho
John HoytCato
Jim BackusCenturionKeywords
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What is Androcles and the Lion about?
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.
How long is Androcles and the Lion?
Androcles and the Lion has a runtime of 98 minutes.
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