Androcles and the Lion (1952)

Alan Mowbray: Editor of Gladiators

Quotes 

• Editor of Gladiators : Caesar will go down in history as the emperor who eliminated these cranks. Hail Caesar!

  Emperor Antoninus (Caesar) : On the contrary. I'm more likely to be remembered as the man who did more to perpetuate them.

  Editor of Gladiators : You, Caesar?

  Emperor Antoninus (Caesar) : I dare say I am doing more to spread Christianity than all their preachers, missionaries and Gospel writers put together. I shouldn't be surprised if finally I wind up as one of their heroes.

  Editor of Gladiators : Caesar jests of course.

  Emperor Antoninus (Caesar) : Caesar does not jest. I wager that for every Christian that dies in the bloody sand, two new ones leave the coliseum.

  Editor of Gladiators : Perhaps then, Caesar should change his tactics.

  Emperor Antoninus (Caesar) : Impossible. I am a subject of history and I must submit to its inevitable course. It is my destiny to fan the fires of Christianity by offering them martyrdom in the arena.