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Ben-Hur

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Calorie Rating: 312
Released: 1959-11-18
MPAA Rating: G
Running Time: 222 Minutes
Budget: 15000000
Revenue 164000000
Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,


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.

Director / Directors

Alberto Cardone
Assistant Director
Sergio Leone
Second Unit Director



Cast

Charlton Heston
Character: Judah Ben-Hur
Stephen Boyd
Character: Messala
Hugh Griffith
Character: Scheich Ildirim

Jack Hawkins
Character: Quintus Arrius
Haya Harareet
Character: Esther
Martha Scott
Character: Miriam

Cathy O'Donnell
Character: Tirzah
Sam Jaffe
Character: Simonides
Finlay Currie
Character: Balthasar

Frank Thring
Character: Pontius Pilatus
George Relph
Character: Tiberius Caesar
André Morell
Character: Sextus

Terence Longdon
Character: Drusus
Ady Berber
Character: Malluch
Lando Buzzanca
Character: Jewish Slave in the Desert (uncredited)

Giuliano Gemma
Character: Roman Officer with Messala (uncredited)
Marina Berti
Character: Flavia (uncredited)
Robert Brown
Character: Chief of Rowers (uncredited)

Liana Del Balzo
Character: Guest at Banquet (uncredited)
Enzo Fiermonte
Character: Galley Officer (uncredited)
Richard Hale
Character: Gaspar (uncredited)

Duncan Lamont
Character: Marius (uncredited)
John Le Mesurier
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
Ferdy Mayne
Character: Captain of Rescue Ship (uncredited)

May McAvoy
Character: Woman in crowd (uncredited)
Aldo Silvani
Character: Man in Nazareth (uncredited)
Ralph Truman
Character: Aide to Tiberius (uncredited)

Claude Heater
Character: Christ
Joe Canutt
Character: Sportsman (uncredited)
Richard Coleman
Character: Metellus (uncredited)

Antonio Corevi
Character: Senator (uncredited)
David Davies
Character: Quaestor (uncredited)
Mino Doro
Character: Gratus (uncredited)

Michael Dugan
Character: Seaman (uncredited)
Franco Fantasia
Character: Roman Soldier Who Brings Crown to Gratus (uncredited)
José Greci
Character: Mary (uncredited)

John Horsley
Character: Spintho (uncredited)
Howard Lang
Character: Hortator (uncredited)
Stevenson Lang
Character: Blind Man (uncredited)

Tutte Lemkow
Character: Leper (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons
Character: The Lubian (uncredited)
Tiberio Mitri
Character: Roman at Bath (uncredited)

Remington Olmsted
Character: Decurian (uncredited)
Laurence Payne
Character: Joseph (uncredited)
Aldo Pini
Character: Bad Thief on Cross (uncredited)

Diego Pozzetto
Character: Villager (uncredited)
Stella Rho
Character: Amrah (uncredited)
Edwin Richfield
Character: Supplier to Leper Colony (uncredited)

Hector Ross
Character: Officer (uncredited)
Maxwell Shaw
Character: Rower No. 43 (uncredited)
Gianni Solaro
Character: Galley Officer (uncredited)

Pietro Tordi
Character: Pilate's Servant (uncredited)
Raimondo Van Riel
Character: Old Man (uncredited)
Dervis Ward
Character: Jailer (uncredited)

Joe Yrigoyen
Character: The Egyptian - Chariot Racer (uncredited)
Nazzareno Zamperla
Character: Roman Soldier with a Bow on Galley (uncredited)
Jerry Brown
Character: The Corinthian (uncredited)

Eddie Jauregui
Character: The Athenian (uncredited)
Gianni Di Segni
Character: Galley Guard on Ship (uncredited)
Armando Fracassi
Character: Arab (uncredited)

Osiride Pevarello
Character: (uncredited)
Renzo Pevarello
Character: (uncredited)
Amerigo Santarelli
Character: Rower (uncredited)

Artemio Antonini
Character: Galley Guard on Ship (uncredited)
Aldo Cecconi
Character: Galley Guard on Ship (uncredited)
Mario Meniconi
Character: Crucifixion March Guard (uncredited)

Terzo Monachesi
Character: Nobleman at the Chariot Race (uncredited)
Giorgio Ubaldi
Character: Rower (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Charles E. Parker
Makeup Artist
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
Elizabeth Haffenden
Costume Design

Edward Woehler
Unit Production Manager
Karl Tunberg
Screenplay
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer

Edward C. Carfagno
Art Direction
William A. Horning
Art Direction

Hugh Hunt
Set Decoration

Piero Portalupi
Additional Photography
Harold E. Wellman
Additional Photography

Franklin Milton
Recording Supervision
William Steinkamp
Sound Recordist
Sash Fisher
Sound Recordist

A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Robert R. Hoag
Special Effects

Lee LeBlanc
Special Effects