Androcles and the Lion (1952)
- Directed by
- Chester Erskine, Nicholas Ray
- Genre
- sword-and-sandal film
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Christian slave named Androcles pulls a thorn from a lion's paw. Later, when he is thrown to the lions in a Roman arena, the lion recognizes him and refuses to attack.
lightheartedwhimsicalold-fashionedplayfulgentlecomedicwhimsy
What happens
Androcles and the Lion is a 1952 RKO Pictures film produced by Gabriel Pascal from the 1912 George Bernard Shaw play of the same name. It was Pascal's last film, made two years after the death of Shaw, his longtime friend and mentor, and two years before Pascal's own death. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Revak the Rebel (1960)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.