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Androcles and the lion
Title
Androcles and the lion [videorecording] / Janus Films ; an RKO Radio picture ; produced by Gabriel Pascal ; screen adaptation by Chester Erskine and Ken Englund ; directed by Chester Erskine.
ISBN
9781604652505 (set)
1604652500 (set)
9781604652536
1604652535
Published
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2010]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Based on the play by Bernard Shaw.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.
Cinematography, Harry Stradling ; editor, Roland Gorss ; music, Frederick Hollander.
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Summary
A Christian slave pulls a thorn from a lion's paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of this kind act.
Variant and related titles
Bernard Shaw's Androcles and the lion
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 25, 2010
Series
Eclipse, series 20, George Bernard Shaw on film
Credits
Cinematography, Harry Stradling ; editor, Roland Gorss ; music, Frederick Hollander.
Cast
Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, Maurice Evans, Alan Young, Elsa Lanchester, Reginald Gardiner, Gene Lockhart, Noel Willman.
System details note
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.
Videorecording number
ECL089 Criterion Collection (set)
ECL092 Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Religious films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Also listed under
Janus Films.
RKO Radio Pictures.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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