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Androcles and the Lion( 1952)

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

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Victor Mature

      Captain

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      Jean Simmons

      Lavinina

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      Alan Young

      Androcles

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      Robert Newton

      Ferrovius

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      Maurice Evans

      Caesar

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      Elsa Lanchester

      Megaera

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      Reginald Gardiner

      Lentulus

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      Gene Lockhart

      Menagerie Keeper

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      Alan Mowbray

      Editor of Gladiators

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      Noel Willman

      Spintho

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      John Hoyt

      Cato

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      Jim Backus

      Centurion

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      Lowell Gilmore

      Metellus

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      Woody Strode

      The Lion

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      Strother Martin

      Soldier (uncredited)

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      Millard Sherwood

      Christian (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Aug 10 2023
    I think Charles Erskine has done pretty well with this entertaining adaptation of the George Bernard Shaw comedy. Escaping from his overbearing wife "Magaera" (Elsa Lanchester), "Androcles" (Alan Young) discovers a lion in the wilderness with a thorn in it's paw. Despite being petrified, he removes the offending pain and the lion escapes. Shortly afterwards, he finds himself a prisoner of the Romans under the command of Victor Mature. He is rounding up Christians for the Emperor's grand circus and has already recruited "Lavinia" (Jean Simmons) and will soon add the ferocious "Ferrovius" (Robert...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • arena
    • colosseum
    • lion
    • based on play or musical
    • ancient rome
    • 2nd century