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
Network & Production Companies

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.

Victor Mature
Captain

Jean Simmons
Lavinina

Alan Young
Androcles

Robert Newton
Ferrovius

Maurice Evans
Caesar

Elsa Lanchester
Megaera

Reginald Gardiner
Lentulus

Gene Lockhart
Menagerie Keeper

Alan Mowbray
Editor of Gladiators

Noel Willman
Spintho

John Hoyt
Cato

Jim Backus
Centurion

Lowell Gilmore
Metellus

Woody Strode
The Lion

Strother Martin
Soldier (uncredited)

Millard Sherwood
Christian (uncredited)

Chester Erskine
Director / Adaptation

Ken Englund
Adaptation

George Bernard Shaw
Theatre Play

Gabriel Pascal
Producer

Nicholas Ray
Co-Director

Stubby Kruger
Stunts

Arthur J. Vitarelli
Assistant Director

Roland Gross
Editor

William Cameron Menzies
Production Design

Charles F. Pyke
Art Direction

Larry Germain
Hairstylist

Wayne Burson
Stunts

Al Orenbach
Set Decoration

Gregg Peters
Assistant Director

John L. Cass
Sound

Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Media.

Details.
Release DateDecember 1, 1952
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
arena
lion
ancient rome
based on play or musical
2nd century
colosseum
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.
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