Androcles and the 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.
Year: 1952
Genre: Comedy
Studio: RKO Radio Pictures
Director: Chester Erskine
Cast: Victor Mature, Jean Simmons, Alan Young, Robert Newton, Maurice Evans, Elsa Lanchester
Crew: Chester Erskine (Director), Ken Englund (Adaptation), Chester Erskine (Adaptation), George Bernard Shaw (Theatre Play), Gabriel Pascal (Producer), Nicholas Ray (Co-Director)
Runtime: 98 minutes
Release: Dec 01, 1952
IMDb: 5.80/10 by 15 users
Popularity: 3
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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