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.| Status: | Released (1952-12-01) |
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| Screen: | Chester Erskine, Ken Englund, George Bernard Shaw |
| Productions: | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 30290: Victor Mature - Captain
- 14500: Jean Simmons - Lavinina
- 21874: Alan Young - Androcles
- 29520: Robert Newton - Ferrovius
- 12023: Maurice Evans - Caesar
- 2926: Elsa Lanchester - Megaera
- 14029: Reginald Gardiner - Lentulus
Crews
- 50765: Chester Erskine - Director - Directing
- 50765: Chester Erskine - Adaptation - Writing
- 130001: Ken Englund - Adaptation - Writing
- 33085: George Bernard Shaw - Theatre Play - Writing
- 101373: Gabriel Pascal - Producer - Production
- 2765: Nicholas Ray - Co-Director - Directing
- 35497: Lewis J. Rachmil - Associate Producer - Production
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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 petrif ....
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