Androcles and the Lion

1952 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Comedy Roman Empire

Androcles is a Christian who follows that religion's teachings even as they apply to the treatment of animals. Seeing a lion in pain, he removes a huge thorn from the beast's paw, creating a friend for life. Androcles and a number of other Christians are evenutally arrested and condemned to death in the arena. They are to die by being eaten by lions. Is it too much to hope that one of the lions may have a paw that has healed recently and might remember who helped heal it?

Direction Chester Erskine

Cast Alan Young · Jean Simmons · Victor Mature · Robert Newton · Maurice Evans · Elsa Lanchester · Reginald Gardiner · Lowell Gilmore · Woody Strode