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Released December 1st, 1952, 'Androcles and the Lion' stars Victor Mature, Jean Simmons, Alan Young, Robert Newton The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 38 min, and received a user score of 58 (out of 100) on TMDb, which compiled reviews from 15 respected users.
Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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."
'Androcles and the Lion' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Criterion Channel .
'Androcles and the Lion' Release Dates
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