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Androcles and the Lion

5.919521h 38mNRMovieComedy

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…

DirectorChester Erskine
ProducerGabriel Pascal

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Criterion ChannelCriterion Channel
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Cast · Directed by Chester Erskine

VMVictor Mature
Victor Mature
Captain
JSJean Simmons
Jean Simmons
Lavinina
AYAlan Young
Alan Young
Androcles
RNRobert Newton
Robert Newton
Ferrovius
MEMaurice Evans
Maurice Evans
Caesar
ELElsa Lanchester
Elsa Lanchester
Megaera
RGReginald Gardiner
Reginald Gardiner
Lentulus
GLGene Lockhart
Gene Lockhart
Menagerie Keeper
AMAlan Mowbray
Alan Mowbray
Editor of Gladiators
NWNoel Willman
Noel Willman
Spintho
JHJohn Hoyt
John Hoyt
Cato
JBJim Backus
Jim Backus
Centurion

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Androcles and the Lion — streaming FAQ

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Androcles and the Lion is streaming on Criterion Channel in Canada. It's not currently on Netflix.

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