Androcles and the Lion
1952 · 98 MIN · IMDB 6.0 · 1,115 VOTES · DIR. Chester Erskine
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,268 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:33 Hail, Editor.
00:07:15 Well, how do you expect me to net across?
00:10:50 Save me.
00:14:56 §... into battle §
00:19:28 All right! Silence!
00:24:01 Of course, it's no business of mine...
00:26:58 We are warned that he has the strength of an elephant...
00:31:27 life that you can touch and breathe and feel.
00:36:06 I'm not ashamed now, nor angry.
00:39:17 and leave the rest to heaven.
00:42:51 Now then, you Christians...
00:45:40 Your devotion is only to your duty, I hope, Captain.
00:49:11 He robs temples, he does.
00:52:05 - Oh, no. - There's a lot of plague about.
00:56:10 and the riffraff of the court at the same time.
00:59:38 Ho there!
01:04:53 See here.
01:07:48 with one hand tied behind me.
01:11:04 He would make us all uncomfortable.
01:14:56 if once the spirit nets loose in me.
01:20:47 I don't know.
01:24:28 - Um... - - Caesar.
01:32:46 He loves him like a brother.
01:37:19 Come on, Tommy.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,268
Dialogue density12.9 lines / min
First line00:02:33
Final line01:37:19
Production Record
DirectorChester Erskine
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,115