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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.
Captain
Lavinina
Androcles
Ferrovius
Caesar
Megaera
Lentulus
Menagerie Keeper
Editor of Gladiators
Spintho
Cato
Centurion
Metellus
The Lion
Soldier (uncredited)
Christian (uncredited)