Androcles and the Lion

1952, 1h 38min -

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.

"Androcles and the Lion" — movie produced in USA and released in 1952. It has a good rating on IMDb: 6 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 38min. "Androcles and the Lion" is currently available to stream on The Criterion Channel. Click on a playlink to watch it now!