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A Christian slave pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act.

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Title	Androcles and the Lion (1952)
Runtime	1 hr. 37 min.
Director	Chester Erskine
Country	USA
Studio	Criterion Collection
Genres	Drama
Description	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.

about 2 hours ago

Allen Young, sorry.

about 2 hours ago

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Compared to this, the scripts and direction for Mr. Ed (Allan Lane's main claim to fame) were Shakespeare. This was a children's film and should not be taken as something that would appeal to most teenagers or adults.

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Really liked this movie. Had some funny moments. Especially, the part where Victor Mature's character tells the Christians to change the words to the song they are singing. They are singing "Onward Christian Soldier". He tells them to change the words to "Feed Us to The Lions", when they reach Rome. And, in the beginning, when Androcles is getting the thorn out of the lion's paw, he tells the lion that he can eat the "nice" Christian and his big, tender wife. Jean Simmons has her funny moments too. Really good film, worth watching with the family.

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