

Ben-Hur
(1959)
November 18, 1959• 3h 32m
79%
TMDB ScoreOverview
In 26 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.
William Wyler
Director
Top Billed Cast
CH
Charlton Heston
Judah Ben-Hur
SB
Stephen Boyd
Messala
HG
Hugh Griffith
Scheich Ildirim
JH
Jack Hawkins
Quintus Arrius
HH
Haya Harareet
Esther
MS
Martha Scott
Miriam
CO
Cathy O'Donnell
Tirzah
SJ
Sam Jaffe
Simonides
FC
Finlay Currie
Balthasar
FT
Frank Thring
Pontius Pilatus



















