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Androcles And The Lion

Eclipse Series 20: George Bernard Shaw on Film


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. And Pascal’s final Shaw production plays it broadly, casting comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naïf. He’s ably supported by Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, and Elsa Lanchester.


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Jean Simmons Lavinia
Victor Mature Captain
Alan Young Androcles
Robert Newton Ferrovius
Maurice Evans Emperor Antoninus (Caesar)
Elsa Lanchester Megaera
Reginald Gardiner Lentulus
Gene Lockhart Menagerie Keeper
Alan Mowbray Editor of Gladiators
Noel Willman Spintho
John Hoyt Cato
Jim Backus Centurion
Lowell Gilmore Metellus
Woody Strode The Lion
Abdullah Abbas Gladiator
Doris Barton Vestal Virgin
Mary Bayless Christian
Chet Brandenburg Christian
Carol Brooks Vestal Virgin
Joe Brooks Roman Soldier
James J. Casino Roman Soldier
Lillian Clayes Christian Woman
Harry Cording Soldier
Paul Cristo Roman Citizen
Clint Dorrington Officer in Forest

Edition details

Edition Criterion Eclipse
Nr Discs 1
Layers Single side, Single layer
Regions 1