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.
Genre: Comedy
Stars: Victor Mature, Jean Simmons, Alan Young, Robert Newton, Maurice Evans, Elsa Lanchester
Crew: Chester Erskine (Adaptation), Ken Englund (Adaptation), Chester Erskine (Director), George Bernard Shaw (Theatre Play), Gabriel Pascal (Producer), Mel Berns (Makeup Artist)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: RKO Radio Pictures
Runtime: 98 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Dec 01, 1952
IMDb: 5.2
