George Bernard Shawâs breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fableâabout a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lionâs paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind actâwas written as a meditation on modern Christian values. Pascalâs final Shaw production is played broadly, with comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naĂŻf. Heâs ably supported by Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, and Elsa Lanchester.