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In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.
Language
Budget$15,000,000
Revenue $164,000,000
English
Budget$15,000,000
Revenue $164,000,000
Keywords
epic
governor
middle east
based on novel or book
roman empire
politics
christianity
jew persecution
jewish life
roman
miracle
jerusalem
prince
chariot race
leprosy
redemption
religious conversion
ancient rome
love
friends
remake
revenge
judaism
religion
historical fiction
period drama
dungeon
galley
hatred
sheikh
sea battle
jewish family
galley slave
childhood sweetheart
salvation
1st century
jesus christ
false imprisonment
judea
subjugated people
awestruck
Casts
Charlton Heston
Judah Ben-Hur
Stephen Boyd
Messala
Hugh Griffith
Scheich Ildirim
Jack Hawkins
Quintus Arrius
Haya Harareet
Esther
Martha Scott
Miriam
Cathy O'Donnell
Tirzah
Sam Jaffe
Simonides
Finlay Currie
Balthasar
Frank Thring
Pontius Pilatus
George Relph
Tiberius Caesar
André Morell
Sextus
Terence Longdon
Drusus
Ady Berber
Malluch
Lando Buzzanca
Jewish Slave in the Desert (uncredited)
Giuliano Gemma
Roman Officer with Messala (uncredited)
Marina Berti
Flavia (uncredited)
Robert Brown
Chief of Rowers (uncredited)
Liana Del Balzo
Guest at Banquet (uncredited)
Enzo Fiermonte
Galley Officer (uncredited)
Richard Hale
Gaspar (uncredited)
Duncan Lamont
Marius (uncredited)
John Le Mesurier
Doctor (uncredited)
Ferdy Mayne
Captain of Rescue Ship (uncredited)
May McAvoy
Woman in crowd (uncredited)
Aldo Silvani
Man in Nazareth (uncredited)
Ralph Truman
Aide to Tiberius (uncredited)
Claude Heater
Christ
Joe Canutt
Sportsman (uncredited)
Richard Coleman
Metellus (uncredited)
Antonio Corevi
Senator (uncredited)
David Davies
Quaestor (uncredited)
Mino Doro
Gratus (uncredited)
Michael Dugan
Seaman (uncredited)
Franco Fantasia
Roman Soldier Who Brings Crown to Gratus (uncredited)
José Greci
Mary (uncredited)
John Horsley
Spintho (uncredited)
Howard Lang
Hortator (uncredited)
Stevenson Lang
Blind Man (uncredited)
Tutte Lemkow
Leper (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons
The Lubian (uncredited)
Tiberio Mitri
Roman at Bath (uncredited)
Remington Olmsted
Decurian (uncredited)
Laurence Payne
Joseph (uncredited)
Aldo Pini
Bad Thief on Cross (uncredited)
Diego Pozzetto
Villager (uncredited)
Stella Rho
Amrah (uncredited)
Edwin Richfield
Supplier to Leper Colony (uncredited)
Hector Ross
Officer (uncredited)
Maxwell Shaw
Rower No. 43 (uncredited)
Gianni Solaro
Galley Officer (uncredited)
Pietro Tordi
Pilate's Servant (uncredited)
Raimondo Van Riel
Old Man (uncredited)
Dervis Ward
Jailer (uncredited)
Joe Yrigoyen
The Egyptian - Chariot Racer (uncredited)
Nazzareno Zamperla
Roman Soldier with a Bow on Galley (uncredited)
Jerry Brown
The Corinthian (uncredited)
Eddie Jauregui
The Athenian (uncredited)
Gianni Di Segni
Galley Guard on Ship (uncredited)
Armando Fracassi
Arab (uncredited)
Osiride Pevarello
(uncredited)
Renzo Pevarello
(uncredited)
Amerigo Santarelli
Rower (uncredited)
Artemio Antonini
Galley Guard on Ship (uncredited)
Aldo Cecconi
Galley Guard on Ship (uncredited)
Mario Meniconi
Crucifixion March Guard (uncredited)
Terzo Monachesi
Nobleman at the Chariot Race (uncredited)
Giorgio Ubaldi
Rower (uncredited)
Crews
William Wyler
Director
Karl Tunberg
Screenplay
Sam Zimbalist
Producer
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
John D. Dunning
Editor
Ralph E. Winters
Editor
Edward C. Carfagno
Art Direction
William A. Horning
Art Direction
Hugh Hunt
Set Decoration
Elizabeth Haffenden
Costume Design
Charles E. Parker
Makeup Artist
Edward Woehler
Unit Production Manager
Sergio Leone
Second Unit Director
Alberto Cardone
Assistant Director
William Steinkamp
Sound Recordist
Sash Fisher
Sound Recordist
Gabriella Borzelli
Hairstylist
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Robert R. Hoag
Special Effects
Lee LeBlanc
Special Effects
Lew Wallace
Novel
Piero Portalupi
Additional Photography
Harold E. Wellman
Additional Photography
Franklin Milton
Recording Supervision
Backdrops & Posters
