Comedy · United States of America · 1952 · 1h 38m

Androcles and the Lion

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Director
Chester Erskine
Cast
Victor Mature as Captain Jean Simmons as Lavinina Alan Young as Androcles Robert Newton as Ferrovius Maurice Evans as Caesar Elsa Lanchester as Megaera
Crew
Harry Stradling Sr. — Director of Photography Roland Gross — Editor Friedrich Hollaender — Original Music Composer Gabriel Pascal — Producer Harry Horner — Production Design William Cameron Menzies — Production Design
Tagline

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

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.

Mood & Themes
arenacolosseumlionbased on play or musicalancient rome2nd century
Key Collaborators
Chester Erskine Director Harry Stradling Sr. Director of Photography Roland Gross Editor Friedrich Hollaender Original Music Composer Gabriel Pascal Producer Harry Horner Production Design William Cameron Menzies Production Design Emile Santiago Costume Design
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