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Androcles and the Lion is a 1952 RKO film produced by Gabriel Pascal from the 1912 George Bernard Shaw play of the same name. It was Pascal's last film, made two years after the death of Shaw, his long-standing friend and mentor, and two years before Pascal's own death.
- $1,250,000
- Gabriel Pascal
Androcles and the Lion: Directed by Chester Erskine, Nicholas Ray. With Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Alan Young, Robert Newton. Story of a Christian in ancient Rome who befriends a lion.
- (1.1K)
- Chester Erskine, Nicholas Ray
- Approved
- Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Alan Young
Based on George Bernard Shaw's play, an adaptation of the classic folktale, this film follows Androcles (Alan Young), a slave in Ancient Rome who has escaped his bonds and fled into the...
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- Jean Simmons
- Chester Erskine
- Comedy
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Oct 30, 2020 · Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. Read More. Androcles is a Christian who follows that religion's teachings even as they apply to the treatment of animals. Seeing a lion in pain, he removes a huge thorn from the beast's paw, creating a friend for life.
- Chester Erskine, Nicholas Ray, Lloyd Richards
- Jean Simmons
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Androcles and the Lion. 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.
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.
