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.
Unfortunately the movie Androcles and the Lion is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Chester Erskine | Director |
| Writing | Ken Englund | Adaptation |
| Writing | Chester Erskine | Adaptation |
| Writing | George Bernard Shaw | Theatre Play |
| Production | Gabriel Pascal | Producer |
| Directing | Nicholas Ray | Co-Director |
| Crew | Stubby Kruger | Stunts |
| Directing | Arthur J. Vitarelli | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Roland Gross | Editor |
| Art | William Cameron Menzies | Production Design |
| Art | Charles F. Pyke | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Larry Germain | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Wayne Burson | Stunts |
| Art | Al Orenbach | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Gregg Peters | Assistant Director |
| Sound | John L. Cass | Sound |
| Art | Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| Directing | Coby Ruskin | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Clem Portman | Sound |
| Production | Lewis J. Rachmil | Associate Producer |
| Art | Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| Art | Harry Horner | Production Design |
| Crew | Alex Sharp | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mel Berns | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Harry Stradling Sr. | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emile Santiago | Costume Design |
| Sound | Friedrich Hollaender | Original Music Composer |
