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Ben-Hur

1959-3h 42min
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7.9 / 10 2880

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.

Directed by William Wyler

Writers Karl Tunberg Lew Wallace

Stars Charlton Heston Stephen Boyd Hugh Griffith

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Cast

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Charlton Heston

Judah Ben-Hur
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Stephen Boyd

Messala
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Hugh Griffith

Scheich Ildirim
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Jack Hawkins

Quintus Arrius
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Haya Harareet

Esther
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Martha Scott

Miriam
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Cathy O'Donnell

Tirzah
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Sam Jaffe

Simonides
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Finlay Currie

Balthasar
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Frank Thring

Pontius Pilatus
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George Relph

Tiberius Caesar
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André Morell

Sextus

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