Androcles and the Lion

1952, comedy

98 minutes

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...

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Cast

Victor Mature

Victor Mature

Captain

Jean Simmons

Jean Simmons

Lavinina

Alan Young

Alan Young

Androcles

Robert Newton

Robert Newton

Ferrovius

Maurice Evans

Maurice Evans

Caesar

Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester

Megaera

Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart

Menagerie Keeper

Alan Mowbray

Alan Mowbray

Editor of Gladiators

Noel Willman

Noel Willman

Spintho

John Hoyt

John Hoyt

Cato

Jim Backus

Jim Backus

Centurion

Lowell Gilmore

Lowell Gilmore

Metellus

Woody Strode

Woody Strode

The Lion

Strother Martin

Strother Martin

Soldier (uncredited)

Millard Sherwood

Christian (uncredited)

Crew

Art

Albert S. D'Agostino

Albert S. D'Agostino

Art direction

Charles F. Pyke

Art direction

Harry Horner

Production design

William Cameron Menzies

William Cameron Menzies

Production design

Al Orenbach

Set decoration

Darrell Silvera

Set decoration

Camera

Costume and make-up

Emile Santiago

Costume design

Larry Germain

Hairstylist

Mel Berns

Mel Berns

Makeup artist

Crew

Directing

Chester Erskine

Director

Editing

Roland Gross

Editor

Production

Lewis J. Rachmil

Associate producer

Gabriel Pascal

Producer

Sound

Friedrich Hollaender

Friedrich Hollaender

Original music composer

Writing

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