
Ben-Hur (1959)
Overview
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.
Production Companies

Additional Info
Budget | $15,000,000.00 |
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Revenue | $164,000,000.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 43.804 |
Directed By
William Wyler
Crew
Sam Zimbalist
Hugh Hunt
Edward C. Carfagno
William A. Horning
Miklós Rózsa
Elizabeth Haffenden
William Wyler
Edward Woehler
Karl Tunberg
Charles E. Parker
Robert Surtees
Ralph E. Winters
John D. Dunning
Sergio Leone
Alberto Cardone
Gabriella Borzelli
Robert R. Hoag
William Steinkamp
Sash Fisher
Lee LeBlanc
A. Arnold Gillespie
Harold E. Wellman
Lew Wallace
Piero Portalupi
Franklin Milton
TOP CAST

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)