---
title: 'Androcles and the Lion (1952)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nicholas Ray'
released: '1952-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 98
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/androcles-and-the-lion-1952'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044355/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Androcles and the Lion (1952)

1952 · 98 min · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Androcles and the Lion is a 1952 RKO Pictures 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 longtime friend and mentor, and two years before Pascal's own death.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Nicholas Ray](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-ray), [Chester Erskine](https://cinepixo.com/people/chester-erskine)
- **Screenplay:** [Chester Erskine](https://cinepixo.com/people/chester-erskine), [George Bernard Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-bernard-shaw)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Friedrich Hollaender](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-hollaender)
- **Producer:** [Gabriel Pascal](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriel-pascal)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harry Stradling](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-stradling)
- **Editor:** [Roland Gross](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-gross)

## Cast

- [Lowell Gilmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/lowell-gilmore) as Metellus
- [John Hoyt](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hoyt) as Cato
- [Jean Simmons](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-simmons) as Lavinia
- [Noel Willman](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-willman) as Spintho
- [Robert Newton](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-newton) as Ferrovius
- [Strother Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/strother-martin) as Soldier
- [Alan Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-young) as Androcles
- [Elsa Lanchester](https://cinepixo.com/people/elsa-lanchester) as Megaera
- [Sylvia Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvia-lewis) as the Chief of the Vestal Virgins
- [Alan Mowbray](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-mowbray) as the Editor of Gladiators
- [Woody Strode](https://cinepixo.com/people/woody-strode) as the Lion
- [Victor Mature](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-mature) as the Captain
- [Gene Lockhart](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-lockhart)
- [Maurice Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-evans) as Antoninus Pius
- [Reginald Gardiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-gardiner) as Lentulus

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/androcles-and-the-lion-1952
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