| Androcles and the Lion
Androcles and the Lion

1952-12-01 | 98 min. | 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.

Victor Mature is Captain
Jean Simmons is Lavinina
Lavinina
Alan Young is Androcles
Androcles
Robert Newton is Ferrovius
Ferrovius
Gene Lockhart is Menagerie Keeper
Menagerie Keeper
Alan Mowbray is Editor of Gladiators
Editor of Gladiators
Noel Willman is Spintho
John Hoyt is Cato
Jim Backus is Centurion
Centurion
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