Movie List
Ben-Hur
MGM/UA (1959)
Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
223 mins
G (General Audience)
Charlton HestonJudah Ben-Hur
Jack HawkinsQuintus Arrius
Haya HarareetEsther
Stephen BoydMessala
Hugh GriffithSheik Ilderim
Martha ScottMiriam
Cathy O’DonnellTirzah
Sam JaffeSimonides
Finlay CurrieBalthasar
Frank ThringPontius Pilate
Terence LongdonDrusus
George RelphTiberius Caesar
André MorellSextus
Umberto AliverniniOfficer Spectator at the Chariot Race
Carlo AlvieriSoldier
Director William Wyler
Producer Sol C. Siegel
Joseph Vogel
Writer Lew Wallace
Karl Tunberg
Cinematography Robert Surtees
Musician Miklós Rózsa
Judah Ben-Hur, a Palestinian Jew, is battling the Roman Empire at the time of Christ. His actions send him and his family into slavery, but an inspirational encounter with Jesus changes everything. He finally meets his rival in a justly famous chariot race and rescues his suffering family.