Androcles and the Lion
1952 · 98 min
Comedy
★ 5.9Criterion
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.
Crew
- Director Chester Erskine
- Director of Photography Harry Stradling Sr.
Cast
Crew
- Director — Chester Erskine
- Director of Photography — Harry Stradling Sr.
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