Androcles and the Lion (1952 film)
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This article is about the film . For the play, see Androcles and the Lion (play).
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Directed by | Chester Erskine |
Produced by | Gabriel Pascal |
Written by | George Bernard Shaw Ken Englund Chester Erskine |
Starring | Jean Simmons Victor Mature Alan Young |
Editing by | Roland Gross |
Distributed by | RKO |
Release date(s) | 1952 |
Running time | 98 min. |
Country | UK |
Language | English |
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Androcles and the Lion is a 1952 RKO film produced by Gabriel Pascal from the George Bernard Shaw play. It starred Jean Simmons, Victor Mature and Alan Young with Robert Newton, Maurice Evans, Elsa Lanchester, Reginald Gardiner, Gene Lockhart, Alan Mowbray, Noel Willman, John Hoyt, Jim Backus and Woody Strode.
This was Gabriel Pascal's last film, made two years after the death of his long-standing mentor and partner Bernard Shaw and two years before his own death in 1954.
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Alan Young went on to play the leading role in the 1960's television series, Mr. Ed, about a talking horse.