Androcles and the Lion (1952)

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Androcles and the Lion (Original Title)

StoryLine

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.

Details

Tag Line: SPECTACLE, ROMANCE, COMEDY!...as only Shaw could write it and the screen show it!

Genres: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Original Language: en

Release Date: 01/12/1952

Companies: RKO Radio Pictures

Run Time: 98 min

Popularity: 3.464

Spoken Languages: English

Status: Released