Androcles and the Lion
Androcles and the Lion
Androcles and the Lion
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1952
1h 38m
5.8(15 votes)
Comedy

Overview

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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RKO Radio Pictures

Cast & Crew

16 members
Acting

Victor Mature

Captain

Victor Mature
Acting

Jean Simmons

Lavinina

Jean Simmons
Acting

Alan Young

Androcles

Alan Young
Acting

Robert Newton

Ferrovius

Robert Newton
Acting

Maurice Evans

Caesar

Maurice Evans
Acting

Elsa Lanchester

Megaera

Elsa Lanchester
Acting

Reginald Gardiner

Lentulus

Reginald Gardiner
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Gene Lockhart

Menagerie Keeper

Gene Lockhart
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Alan Mowbray

Editor of Gladiators

Alan Mowbray
Acting

Noel Willman

Spintho

Noel Willman
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John Hoyt

Cato

John Hoyt
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Jim Backus

Centurion

Jim Backus
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Lowell Gilmore

Metellus

Lowell Gilmore
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Woody Strode

The Lion

Woody Strode
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Strother Martin

Soldier (uncredited)

Strother Martin
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Millard Sherwood

Christian (uncredited)

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