Androcles and the Lion
First aired on Dec 1, 1952
60%
Genres: Comedy
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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Victor Mature | Captain
Jean Simmons | Lavinina
Alan Young | Androcles
Robert Newton | Ferrovius
Maurice Evans | Caesar
Elsa Lanchester | Megaera
Featured Crew
Chester Erskine | Director
Ken Englund | Adaptation
Chester Erskine | Adaptation
George Bernard Shaw | Theatre Play
Gabriel Pascal | Producer
Nicholas Ray | Co-Director
