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Ben-Hur (1959)

1959 American epic historical drama film by William Wyler

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Genre drama, action, epic, sword-and-sandal

Country United States

Runtime 222 min

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Based on

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace (1880) · literary work
Book: Public domain in the US — free on Project Gutenberg
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Film: not public domain (1959) — see where to watch it below

Cast & crew

Directed by William Wyler

Written by Gore Vidal, Maxwell Anderson, Christopher Fry, S. N. Behrman, Karl Tunberg

Produced by Sam Zimbalist

Music by Miklós Rózsa

Cinematography Robert L. Surtees

Edited by John Dunning

Cast (34)

Charlton Heston · Giuliano Gemma · Hugh Griffith · Martha Scott · Stephen Boyd · Jack Hawkins · Marina Berti · Sam Jaffe · Haya Harareet · Cathy O'Donnell · John Le Mesurier · Lando Buzzanca · Robert Brown · Lydia Clarke · André Morell · Finlay Currie · Aldo Silvani · Ferdy Mayne · José Greci · Ralph Truman · Pietro Tordi · Enzo Fiermonte · Frank Thring · Mino Doro · Liana Del Balzo · Claude Heater · Tutte Lemkow · Duncan Lamont · George Relph · Richard Hale · Raimondo Van Riel · Terence Longdon · Laurence Payne · Aldo Pini

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Series, universe & remakes

Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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