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 | Chester Erskine | Adaptation |
| Writing | Ken Englund | Adaptation |
| Writing | George Bernard Shaw | Theatre Play |
| Production | Gabriel Pascal | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mel Berns | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Harry Stradling Sr. | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Nicholas Ray | Co-Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emile Santiago | Costume Design |
| Production | Lewis J. Rachmil | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Friedrich Hollaender | Music |
| Editing | Roland Gross | Editor |
| Art | Harry Horner | Production Design |
| Art | William Cameron Menzies | Production Design |
| Art | Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| Art | Charles F. Pyke | Art Direction |
| Art | Al Orenbach | Set Decoration |
| Art | Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Larry Germain | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Gregg Peters | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Coby Ruskin | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Arthur J. Vitarelli | Assistant Director |
| Sound | John L. Cass | Sound |
| Sound | Clem Portman | Sound |
| Crew | Wayne Burson | Stunts |
| Crew | Stubby Kruger | Stunts |
| Crew | Alex Sharp | Stunts |
