Androcles and the Lion (1952)
1h 38m
Running Time
December 1, 1952Release Date
Androcles and the Lion (1952)
1h 38m
Running Time
December 1, 1952Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Jean Simmons
Lavinia
Victor Mature
Captain
Alan Young
Androcles
Robert Newton
Ferrovius
Maurice Evans
Emperor Antoninus (Caesar)
Nicholas Ray
Director
Elsa Lanchester
Megaera
Reginald Gardiner
Lentulus
Gene Lockhart
Menagerie Keeper
George Bernard Shaw
Writer
Alan Mowbray
Editor of Gladiators
John Hoyt
Cato
Noel Willman
Spintho
Chester Erskine
Director
Jim Backus
Centurion
Lowell Gilmore
Metellus
Ken Englund
Writer
Woody Strode
The Lion
Strother Martin
Soldier (uncredited)
Gabriel Pascal
Producer
Friedrich Hollaender
Composer
Harry Stradling Sr.
Cinematographer
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Roland Gross
Editor
Mel Berns
Makeup Artist
Harry Horner
ProductionDesigner
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
Clem Portman
Sound
William Cameron Menzies
Production Design
John L. Cass
Sound
Larry Germain
Hairstylist
Lewis J. Rachmil
Associate Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 1, 1952
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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Wiki.
Androcles and the Lion is a 1952 RKO film produced by Gabriel Pascal from the 1912 George Bernard Shaw play of the same name. It was Pascal's last film, made two years after the death of Shaw, his long-standing friend and mentor, and two years before Pascal's own death.