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Ben-Hur

1959, Movie, NR, 212 mins

Ben-Hur: Cast & Details

Year: 1959
Rated NR
Parental Rating: Acceptable for children
Country Of Origin: U.S.
Running Time: 212
Format: Color
Genre(s): Historical; Religious
Production Co(s).: MGM
Released By: MGM

Award(s)
Academy Award Winner: Best Picture
Academy Award Winner: Best Actor - Charlton Heston
Academy Award Winner: Best Supporting Actor - Hugh Griffith
Academy Award Winner: Best Director - William Wyler
Academy Award Winner: Best Sound - Franklin E. Milton
Academy Award Winner: Best Special Effects - A. Arnold Gillespie (Visual), Robert MacDonald (Visual), Milo Lory (Audible)
Academy Award Winner: Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (Color)
Academy Award Winner: Best Color Cinematography - Robert L. Surtees
Academy Award Winner: Best Costume Design (Color) - Elizabeth Haffenden
Academy Award Winner: Best Film Editing - Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning
Academy Award Winner: Best Score (Drama or Comedy) - Miklos Rozsa
Academy Award Nominee: Best Adapted Screenplay - Karl Tunberg

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Cast
Charlton Heston: Judah Ben Hur
Jack Hawkins: Quintus Arrius
Stephen Boyd: Messala
Haya Harareet: Esther
Hugh Griffith: Sheik Ilderim
Martha Scott: Miriam
Sam Jaffe: Simonides
Cathy O'Donnell: Tirzah
Finlay Currie: Balthasar
Frank Thring: Pontius Pilate
Terence Longdon: Drusus
Andre Morell: Sextus
Marina Berti: Flavia
George Relph: Tiberius
Adi Berber: Malluch
Stella Vitelleschi: Amrah
Jose Greci: Mary
Laurence Payne: Joseph
John Horsley: Spintho
Richard Coleman: Metellus
Duncan Lamont: Marius
Ralph Truman: Aide to Tiberius
Richard Hale: Gaspar
Reginald Lal Singh: Melchior
David Davies: Quaestor
Dervis Ward: Jailer
Claude Heater: Jesus
Mino Doro: Gratus
Robert Brown: Chief of Rowers
John Glenn: Rower No. 42
Maxwell Shaw: Rower No. 43
Emilio Carrer: Rower No. 28
Tutte Lemkow: Leper
Howard Lang: Hortator
Ferdy Mayne: Captain of Rescue Ship
John Le Mesurier: Doctor
Stevenson Lang: Blind Man
Aldo Mozele: Barca
Thomas O'Leary: Starter at Race
Noel Sheldon: Centurion
Hector Ross: Officer
Bill Kuehl: Soldier
Aldo Silvani: Man in Nazareth
Diego Pozzetto: Villager
Dino Fazio: Marcello
Michael Cosmo: Raimondo
Aldo Pial: Cavalry Officer
Remington Olmstead: Decurian
Victor De La Fosse: Galley Officer
Enzo Fiermonte: Galley Officer
Hugh Billingsley: Mario
Tiberio Mitri: Roman at Bath
Pietro Tordi: Pilate's Servant
Jerry Brown: The Corinthian
Otello Capanna: The Byzantine
Luigi Marra: Syrian
Cliff Lyons: Lubian
Edward J. Auregul: Athenian
Joe Yrigoyen: Egyptian
Alfredo Danesi: Armenian
Raimondo Van Riel: Old Man
Michael Dugan: Seaman
Joe Canutt: Sportsman

Credits
William Wyler: Director
Karl Tunberg: Writer - based on the novel by Lew Wallace
Lew Wallace: Source
Sam Zimbalist: Producer
Robert Surtees: Cinematographer - Camera 65, Panavision, Technicolor
John Dunning: Editor
Ralph E. Winters: Editor
Miklos Rozsa: Musical Composer
Edward Carfagno: Art Director
William A. Horning: Art Director
Elizabeth Haffenden: Costumes
Robert MacDonald: Special Effects
A. Arnold Gillespie: Special Effects