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. 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.
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Release Date1952
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Runtime1 hr 37 min
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Languageen
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Rating5.8 (15)
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Genres
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DirectorChester Erskine
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CastVictor MatureJean SimmonsAlan YoungRobert NewtonMaurice EvansElsa LanchesterReginald GardinerGene LockhartAlan MowbrayNoel WillmanJohn HoytJim BackusLowell GilmoreWoody StrodeStrother MartinMillard Sherwood
