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Cast
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Victor Mature | As: Captain |
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Jean Simmons | As: Lavinina |
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Alan Young | As: Androcles |
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Robert Newton | As: Ferrovius |
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Maurice Evans | As: Caesar |
Storyline
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.
| Tagline: | SPECTACLE, ROMANCE, COMEDY!...as only Shaw could write it and the screen show it! |
| Certification: | NR |
Cast
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Victor Mature |
Captain |
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Jean Simmons |
Lavinina |
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Alan Young |
Androcles |
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Robert Newton |
Ferrovius |
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Maurice Evans |
Caesar |
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Elsa Lanchester |
Megaera |
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Reginald Gardiner |
Lentulus |
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Gene Lockhart |
Menagerie Keeper |
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Alan Mowbray |
Editor of Gladiators |
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Noel Willman |
Spintho |
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John Hoyt |
Cato |
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Jim Backus |
Centurion |
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Lowell Gilmore |
Metellus |
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Woody Strode |
The Lion |
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Strother Martin |
Soldier (uncredited) |
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Millard Sherwood |
Christian (uncredited) |
Directed By
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Chester Erskine |
Director |
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Nicholas Ray |
Co-Director |
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Arthur J. Vitarelli |
Assistant Director |
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Gregg Peters |
Assistant Director |
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Coby Ruskin |
Assistant Director |
Writing Credits
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Ken Englund |
Adaptation |
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Chester Erskine |
Adaptation |
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George Bernard Shaw |
Theatre Play |
Production Crew
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Gabriel Pascal |
Producer |
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Lewis J. Rachmil |
Associate Producer |
Edited By
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Roland Gross |
Editor |
Costume and Makeup
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Larry Germain |
Hairstylist |
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Mel Berns |
Makeup Artist |
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Emile Santiago |
Costume Design |
Sound
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John L. Cass |
Sound |
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Clem Portman |
Sound |
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Friedrich Hollaender |
Original Music Composer |
Visual Effects
Camera
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Harry Stradling Sr. |
Director of Photography |
Lighting
Art Department
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William Cameron Menzies |
Production Design |
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Charles F. Pyke |
Art Direction |
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Al Orenbach |
Set Decoration |
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Albert S. D'Agostino |
Art Direction |
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Darrell Silvera |
Set Decoration |
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Harry Horner |
Production Design |
Other Crew
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Stubby Kruger |
Stunts |
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Wayne Burson |
Stunts |
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Alex Sharp |
Stunts |
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