Androcles and the Lion (1952)

Written by Ken Englund, Chester Erskine

Directed by Chester Erskine

Running Time: 115 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1952

Rating: PG Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Black and White

Satirical fable based on George Bernard Shaw's play. An animal-loving Christian removes a thorn from the paw of a lion, only to encounter the beast later in the arena to which he has been sent by the Romans. Will the man's earlier kindness spare him a grisly fate? This was Hollywood's first screen adaptation of a Shaw play.

Cast

	Jean Simmons		Lavinia
	Victor Mature		Captain
	Alan Young		Androcles
	Robert Newton		Ferrovius
	Maurice Evans		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