Androcles and the Lion

Androcles and the Lion 6.2
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Premiere: 1952
  • Running time: 1h 38m
  • Country: USA

Androcles is a Christian who follows that religion's teachings even as they apply to the treatment of animals. Seeing a lion in pain, he removes a huge thorn from the beast's paw, creating a friend for life. Androcles and a number of other Christians are evenutally arrested and condemned to death in the arena. They are to die by being eaten by lions. Is it too much to hope that...