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Androcles and the lion
- Title
- Androcles and the lion [videorecording] / RKO ; produced by Gabriel Pascal.
- Publication
- Los Angeles : The Voyager Company, 1952.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (98 min.) : sd., b&w.; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Christian devotion and imperial hypocrisy are satirized in this comedic fable adapted from the Shavian play. The setting is Rome, 161 A.D., during the reign of Emperor Antonius, in the era of the Christian martyrs. Androcles, a simple tailor, removes a thorn from the paw of a lion. When he encounters the same beast in the arena along with other captured Christians, he wins salvation as a reward for his act of kindness.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Feature films.
- Comedy films.
- Note
- Based on the play by George Bernard Shaw.
- Credits (note)
- Director, Chester Erskine; writers, Chester Erskine, Ken Englund; photography, Harry Stradling; music, Frederick Hollander.
- Performer (note)
- Alan Young, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, Maurice Evans, Elsa Lanchester.
- Title
- Androcles and the lion [videorecording] / RKO ; produced by Gabriel Pascal.
- Imprint
- Los Angeles : The Voyager Company, 1952.
- Credits
- Director, Chester Erskine; writers, Chester Erskine, Ken Englund; photography, Harry Stradling; music, Frederick Hollander.
- Cast
- Alan Young, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, Maurice Evans, Elsa Lanchester.
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- Young, Alan, 1919-2016, actor.Simmons, Jean, 1929-2010, actor.Mature, Victor, actor.Lanchester, Elsa, 1902-1986, actor.Erskine, Chester, 1905-1986, actor.Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Androcles and the lion.
- Branch Call Number
- VTH 851 A