Androcles and the LionMovie
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.
About Androcles and the Lion
Androcles and the Lion is a 1952 comedy movie directed by Chester Erskine.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 38m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Victor Mature, Jean Simmons, Alan Young, Robert Newton. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
