Ben-Hur

November. 24,1959      G
Rating:
8.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Charlton Heston as  Judah Ben-Hur
Stephen Boyd as  Messala
Hugh Griffith as  Scheich Ildirim
Jack Hawkins as  Quintus Arrius
Haya Harareet as  Esther
Martha Scott as  Miriam
Cathy O'Donnell as  Tirzah
Sam Jaffe as  Simonides
Finlay Currie as  Balthasar
Frank Thring as  Pontius Pilatus

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