Cast

Charlton Heston

Judah Ben-Hur

Jack Hawkins

Quintus Arrius

Haya Harareet

Esther

Stephen Boyd

Messala

Hugh Griffith

Scheich Ildirim

Martha Scott

Miriam

Cathy O'Donnell

Tirzah

Frank Thring

Pontius Pilatus

Sam Jaffe

Simonides

Ady Berber

Malluch

Finlay Currie

Balthasar

André Morell

Sextus

Terence Longdon

Drusus

Lando Buzzanca

Jewish Slave in the Desert (uncredited)

Giuliano Gemma

Roman Officer with Messala (uncredited)

Marina Berti

Flavia (uncredited)

Robert Brown

Chief of Rowers (uncredited)

Liana Del Balzo

Guest at Banquet (uncredited)

Enzo Fiermonte

Galley Officer (uncredited)

Richard Hale

Gaspar (uncredited)

Duncan Lamont

Marius (uncredited)

John Le Mesurier

Doctor (uncredited)

Ferdy Mayne

Captain of Rescue Ship (uncredited)

May McAvoy

Woman in crowd (uncredited)

Aldo Silvani

Man in Nazareth (uncredited)

Ralph Truman

Aide to Tiberius (uncredited)

George Relph

Tiberius Caesar

Joe Canutt

Sportsman (uncredited)

Richard Coleman

Metellus (uncredited)

Antonio Corevi

Senator (uncredited)

David Davies

Quaestor (uncredited)

Mino Doro

Gratus (uncredited)

Michael Dugan

Seaman (uncredited)

Franco Fantasia

Roman Soldier Who Brings Crown to Gratus (uncredited)

José Greci

Mary (uncredited)

John Horsley

Spintho (uncredited)

Howard Lang

Hortator (uncredited)

Stevenson Lang

Blind Man (uncredited)

Tutte Lemkow

Leper (uncredited)

Cliff Lyons

The Lubian (uncredited)

Tiberio Mitri

Roman at Bath (uncredited)

Remington Olmsted

Decurian (uncredited)

Laurence Payne

Joseph (uncredited)

Aldo Pini

Bad Thief on Cross (uncredited)

Diego Pozzetto

Villager (uncredited)

Stella Rho

Amrah (uncredited)

Edwin Richfield

Supplier to Leper Colony (uncredited)

Hector Ross

Officer (uncredited)

Maxwell Shaw

Rower No. 43 (uncredited)

Gianni Solaro

Galley Officer (uncredited)

Pietro Tordi

Pilate's Servant (uncredited)

Raimondo Van Riel

Old Man (uncredited)

Dervis Ward

Jailer (uncredited)

Joe Yrigoyen

The Egyptian - Chariot Racer (uncredited)

Nazzareno Zamperla

Roman Soldier with a Bow on Galley (uncredited)

Jerry Brown

The Corinthian (uncredited)

Eddie Jauregui

The Athenian (uncredited)

Synopsis

Judah Ben-Hur, a Palestinian Jew, is battling the Roman empire at the time of Christ. His actions send him and his family into slavery, but an inspirational encounter with Jesus changes everything. He finally meets his rival in a justly famous chariot race and rescues his suffering family.

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