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.
Top Billed Cast
Victor Mature
Captain
Jean Simmons
Lavinina
Alan Young
Androcles
Robert Newton
Ferrovius
Maurice Evans
Caesar
Featured Crew
Chester Erskine
Director
George Bernard Shaw
Theatre Play
Ken Englund
Adaptation
Chester Erskine
Adaptation
Gabriel Pascal
Producer
Nicholas Ray
Co-Director
Al Orenbach
Set Decoration
Lewis J. Rachmil
Associate Producer
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
Larry Germain
Hairstylist
Stubby Kruger
Stunts
Wayne Burson
Stunts
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