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. 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.

Cast

Victor Mature

Victor Mature

as Captain

Jean Simmons

Jean Simmons

as Lavinina

Alan Young

Alan Young

as Androcles

Robert Newton

Robert Newton

as Ferrovius

Maurice Evans

Maurice Evans

as Caesar

Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester

as Megaera

Reginald Gardiner

Reginald Gardiner

as Lentulus

Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart

as Menagerie Keeper

Alan Mowbray

Alan Mowbray

as Editor of Gladiators

Noel Willman

Noel Willman

as Spintho

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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 ...

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