Androcles and the Lion

Nov 15, 1967

1h 30m

★ 0.0

Overview

The story of Androcles, the simple-hearted Christian tailor whose friendship with a lion saves himself and his friends from martyrdom in the Roman Colosseum.

Genres

Music

TV Movie

Production Companies

NBC

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Cast

Androcles

Norman Wisdom

Caesar

Noël Coward

Ferrovius

Ed Ames

Lentulus

Brian Bedford

Gladiator's Manager

Kurt Kasznar

Magaera, Androcles' Wife

Patricia Routledge

Lavinia

Inga Swenson

Roman Captain

John Cullum

Metellus

Clifford David

Lion

Geoffrey Holder

Centurion

George Mathews

Spintho

William Redfield

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