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Release Date: 1959

Cast: Charlton Heston, Claude Heater, Haya Harareet, Cathy O'Donnell, Hugh Griffith, André Morell, Sam Jaffe, Finlay Currie, Jack Hawkins, Terence Longdon, George Relph, Frank Thring ...MORE

Cast: Charlton Heston, Claude Heater, Haya Harareet, Cathy O'Donnell, Hugh Griffith, André Morell, Sam Jaffe, Finlay Currie, Jack Hawkins, Terence Longdon, George Relph, Frank Thring, Stephen Boyd, Martha Scott ...LESS

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Ben-Hur is a 1959 American epic film directed by William Wyler and starring Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Hugh Griffith and Haya Harareet. It won a record 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Adapted from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, the screenplay is credited to Karl Tunberg but includes contributions from Maxwell Anderson, S. N. Behrman, Gore Vidal, and Christopher Fry. The motion picture was the most expensive ever made at the time, and its sets were the largest yet built for a film. The film contains a nine-minute chariot race which has... MORE

Ben-Hur is a 1959 American epic film directed by William Wyler and starring Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Hugh Griffith and Haya Harareet. It won a record 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Adapted from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, the screenplay is credited to Karl Tunberg but includes contributions from Maxwell Anderson, S. N. Behrman, Gore Vidal, and Christopher Fry. The motion picture was the most expensive ever made at the time, and its sets were the largest yet built for a film. The film contains a nine-minute chariot race which has become one of the most famous sequences in cinema. The score composed by Miklós Rózsa was highly influential on cinema for more than 15 years, and is the longest ever composed for a motion picture. The film's prologue depicts the traditional story of the nativity of Jesus. In AD 26, Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) is a wealthy prince and merchant in Jerusalem. Childhood friend Messala (Stephen Boyd), now a tribune, arrives as the new commander of the Roman garrison. Messala believes in the glory of Rome and its imperial power while Ben-Hur is devoted to his faith and the freedom of the Jewish LESS