

Quick Info
IMDb
Rating
5.8/10
Release1952
Runtime1h 38m
StatusReleased
BudgetN/A
RevenueN/A
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Movie
Androcles and the Lion
1952
1h 38m
5.8
Comedy
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.

















