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
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Victor Mature
Played Captain
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Jean Simmons
Played Lavinina
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Alan Young
Played Androcles
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Robert Newton
Played Ferrovius
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Maurice Evans
Played Caesar
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Elsa Lanchester
Played Megaera
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Reginald Gardiner
Played Lentulus
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Gene Lockhart
Played Menagerie Keeper
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Alan Mowbray
Played Editor of Gladiators
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Noel Willman
Played Spintho
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John Hoyt
Played Cato
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Jim Backus
Played Centurion
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Lowell Gilmore
Played Metellus
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Woody Strode
Played The Lion
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Strother Martin
Played Soldier (uncredited)
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Millard Sherwood
Played Christian (uncredite…
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