Androcles and the Lion (1952 film)

Androcles and the Lion is a 1952 RKO film produced by Gabriel Pascal from the 1912 George Bernard Shaw play of the same name. It was Pascal's last film, made two years after the death of Shaw, his long-standing friend and mentor, and two years before Pascal's own death.

Androcles and the Lion
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Directed byChester Erskine
Nicholas Ray (uncredited)
Screenplay byChester Erskine
Ken Englund
Based onAndrocles and the Lion
by George Bernard Shaw
Produced byGabriel Pascal
StarringJean Simmons
Victor Mature
Alan Young
Robert Newton
Maurice Evans
CinematographyHarry Stradling Sr.
Edited byRoland Gross
Music byFriedrich Hollaender
Production
company
RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release dates
  • 30 October 1952 (1952-10-30) (Premiere-Los Angeles)
  • 9 January 1953 (1953-01-09) (US)
Running time
98 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,250,000
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