Androcles y el león (1952)
Androcles es un cristiano que sigue las enseñanzas de la religión incluso con el trato hacia los animales. Viendo a un león con dolor, le elimina una gran espina de la pata; esto hace que se hagan amigos. Tiempo después, Androcles y otros cristianos son detenidos y condenados a morir en la arena comidos por los leones. Era demasiado esperar que uno de los leones pudiera tener una pata que había sanado recientemente y ¿podría recordar quien le ayudó a sanarla?
Directora: 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 |