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 has generally received mixed reviews.
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Androcles and the Lion was released in 1952 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 4 reviews, giving Androcles and the Lion (1952) an average rating of 56%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 60% and users giving an average score of 60%.
With a score of 56%, Androcles and the Lion is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1952, which stands at 61%.
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