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Androcles and the lion /

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Androcles, a tailor in Imperial Rome, volunteers to be the first Christian to face a hungry lion in the Coliseum because he once took a thorn from the animal's paw.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: RKO Radio Pictures, Embassy Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Simmons, Jean, 1929-2010, Mature, Victor, Young, Alan, Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950, Erskine, Chester, 1905-1986
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, Calif. : Embassy Home Entertainment, [1987]
Series:Classic collection.
Subjects:
Feature films.
Description
Summary:Androcles, a tailor in Imperial Rome, volunteers to be the first Christian to face a hungry lion in the Coliseum because he once took a thorn from the animal's paw.
Item Description:Videocassette release of the 1952 motion picture.
Based on an original story by George Bernard Shaw.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Harry Stradling ; film editor, Roland Gross ; music, Frederic Hollander.