Main title from Ben-Hur (1959)

Ben-Hur

(1959)

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| Film | USA | Colour | 3h 32min
| Stars: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet | Director: William Wyler
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In the time of Christ, a Jew suffers mightily under the Romans

Cast

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Charlton Heston
Judah Ben-Hur
Photograph from Ben-Hur (1959) (1) featuring Jack Hawkins (as Quintus Arrius)
Quintus Arrius
Haya Harareet
Esther
Stephen Boyd
Messala
Photograph of Welsh actor, Hugh Griffith (1)
Sheik Ilderim
Martha Scott
Miriam
Cathy Oโ€™Donnell
Tirzah
Sam Jaffe
Simonides
Photograph of Scottish actor, Finlay Currie (1)
Balthasar / Narrator
Frank Thring
Pontius Pilate
Terence Longdon
Drusus
Photograph from The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953) featuring George Relph (as Weech) (1)
Tiberius Caesar
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Pictures

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Photograph from Ben-Hur (1959) (1) featuring Jack Hawkins (as Quintus Arrius)
Main title from Ben-Hur (1959)

Production

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William Wyler
Director
Lew Wallace
Writer (novel)
Karl Tunberg
Writer (screenplay)

Companies

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Production company