Synopsis:
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.
| Directed by: | Chester Erskine |
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| Runtime: | 98 minutes |
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| Tagline: | SPECTACLE, ROMANCE, COMEDY!...as only Shaw could write it and the screen show it! |
Cast:
Victor Mature
Captain
Captain
Jean Simmons
Lavinina
Lavinina
Alan Young
Androcles
Androcles
Robert Newton
Ferrovius
Ferrovius
Maurice Evans
Caesar
Caesar
Elsa Lanchester
Megaera
Megaera
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Also known as:
- Androcles y el León
- Androclo e il leone
- Androkles og løven
- Bernard Shaw's Androcles and the Lion
- O androklis kai to liontari