Ben-Hur poster
Director William Wyler
Screenplay Karl Tunberg

Ben-Hur

Tagline: The entertainment experience of a lifetime!

Release Date: 1959-11-18

Duration: 222 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Charlton Heston
    Judah Ben-Hur
  • Jack Hawkins
    Quintus Arrius
  • Martha Scott
    Miriam
  • John Le Mesurier
    Doctor (uncredited)
  • Finlay Currie
    Balthasar
  • Hugh Griffith
    Scheich Ildirim
  • Giuliano Gemma
    Roman Officer with Messala (uncredited)
  • Frank Thring
    Pontius Pilatus
  • Cathy O'Donnell
    Tirzah
  • André Morell
    Sextus