Androcles and the Lion

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Androcles and the Lion (1952)

NR 1/12/1952 (US) Comedy 1h 38m

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Story of a Christian in ancient Rome who befriends a lion

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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.

Chester Erskine

Director

Reparto principal

Victor Mature

Captain
Jean Simmons

Lavinina
Alan Young

Androcles
Robert Newton

Ferrovius
Maurice Evans

Caesar
Elsa Lanchester

Megaera
Reginald Gardiner

Lentulus
Gene Lockhart

Menagerie Keeper
Alan Mowbray

Editor of Gladiators
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Escrito por CinemaSerf el 10 de agosto de 2023

I think Charles Erskine has done pretty well with this entertaining adaptation of the George Bernard Shaw comedy. Escaping from his overbearing wife "Magaera" (Elsa Lanchester), "Androcles" (Alan Young) discovers a lion in the wilderness with a thorn in it's paw. Despite being petrified, he removes the offending pain and the lion escapes. Shortly afterwards, he finds himself a prisoner of the Romans under the command of Victor Mature. He is rounding up Christians for the Emperor's grand circus and has already recruited "Lavinia" (Jean Simmons) and will soon add the ferocious "Ferrovius" (Robert... Leer el resto

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