• 1983
  • 1h
Androcles and the Lion

Summary When Androcles (Sir Billy Connolly), a Christian in second-century Rome, extracts a thorn from a lion's paw, his kindness has unexpected consequences. View more details

  • 1983
  • 1h

Androcles and the Lion

Directed : Unknown

Written : George Bernard Shaw

Stars : Billy Connolly Rupert Frazer Anna Calder-Marshall Bernard Bresslaw

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4.4

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Genres : Drama

Release date : Sep 22, 1983

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Summary When Androcles (Sir Billy Connolly), a Christian in second-century Rome, extracts a thorn from a lion's paw, his kindness has unexpected consequences. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama

Release date : Sep 22, 1983

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

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Billy Connolly, Percy Edwards, and Roy Jones in Androcles and the Lion (1983)
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