Ben-Hur

• Movie

  Type

• 1959

  Year

• 3h 42m

  Runtime

• ★ 7.8

  Rating

• Action / Drama / History

  Genre

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. Three years later and freed by a grateful Roman galley commander whom he has rescued from drowning, he becomes an expert charioteer for Rome, all the while plotting to return to Judea, find and rescue his family, and avenge himself on his former friend. All the while, the form and work of Jesus move in the background of his life...

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Cast

Charlton Heston

Judah Ben-Hur

Haya Harareet

Esther

Stephen Boyd

Messala

Martha Scott

Miriam

Cathy O'Donnell

Tirzah

Jack Hawkins

Quintus Arrius

Sam Jaffe

Simonides

Hugh Griffith

Scheich Ildirim

Finlay Currie

Balthasar

Frank Thring

Pontius Pilatus

George Relph

Tiberius Caesar

André Morell

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