Androcles and the Lion (1952)
5.8
/10 By 15 Votes
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.
Release Date : December 1, 1952
Runtime : 98m
Genre : Comedy
Companies : RKO Radio Pictures
Countries : United States of America
Keywords : arena, colosseum, lion, based on play or musical, ancient rome, 2nd century
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