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Director: William Wyler
Genre: Religious Epic, Sword-and-Sandal, Epic
Box Office: / $74,000,000 / Top grossing film of 1959
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This 1959 version of Lew Wallace's best-selling novel, which had already seen screen versions in 1907 and 1926, went on to win 11 Academy Awards. Adapted by Karl Tunberg and a raft of uncredited writers including Gore Vidal and Maxwell Anderson, the film once more recounts the tale of Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston), who lives in Jude... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Charlton Heston - (Judah Ben Hur)
Stephen Boyd - (Messala)
Jack Hawkins - (Quintus Arrius)
Haya Harareet - (Esther)
Hugh Griffith - (Sheik Ilderim)
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William Wyler's Ben-Hur is the quintessential Hollywood biblical epic: a huge story, given a suitably exalted treatment, splashed across a broad canvas, and centered on a pair of well-drawn central ch ... Continue >>

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