Androcles and the Lion (1952)
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.
Director: Chester Erskine
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Victor Mature as Captain |
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Jean Simmons as Lavinina |
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Alan Young as Androcles |
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Robert Newton as Ferrovius |
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Maurice Evans as Caesar |
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Elsa Lanchester as Megaera |
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Reginald Gardiner as Lentulus |
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Gene Lockhart as Menagerie Keeper |
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Alan Mowbray as Editor of Gladiators |
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Noel Willman as Spintho |
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John Hoyt as Cato |
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Jim Backus as Centurion |
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Lowell Gilmore as Metellus |
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Woody Strode as The Lion |
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Strother Martin as Soldier (uncredited) |
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Millard Sherwood as Christian (uncredited) |
| Directing | Chester Erskine | Director |
| Writing | Chester Erskine | Adaptation |
| Writing | Ken Englund | Adaptation |
| Writing | George Bernard Shaw | Theatre Play |
| Production | Gabriel Pascal | Producer |
| Directing | Nicholas Ray | Co-Director |
| Production | Lewis J. Rachmil | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Roland Gross | Editor |
| Art | Harry Horner | Production Design |
| Art | William Cameron Menzies | Production Design |
| Art | Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| Art | Charles F. Pyke | Art Direction |
| Art | Al Orenbach | Set Decoration |
| Art | Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Larry Germain | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Gregg Peters | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Coby Ruskin | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Arthur J. Vitarelli | Assistant Director |
| Sound | John L. Cass | Sound |
| Sound | Clem Portman | Sound |
| Crew | Wayne Burson | Stunts |
| Crew | Stubby Kruger | Stunts |
| Crew | Alex Sharp | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mel Berns | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Harry Stradling Sr. | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emile Santiago | Costume Design |
| Sound | Friedrich Hollaender | Original Music Composer |
