Director: William Wyler
Producer: Sam Zimbalist
Screenplay: Karl Tunberg
Based on: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880) by Lew Wallace
Narrated by: Finlay Currie
Genre: Epic | Historical | Biblical | Drama
Music: Miklós Rózsa
Country: United States
Language: English
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date: 1959
Running time: 212 minutes
Charlton Heston (1923-2008)
as Judah Ben-Hur
Jack Hawkins (1910-1973)
as Quintus Arrius
Stephen Boyd (1931-1977)
as Messala
Hugh Griffith (1912-1980)
as Sheik Ilderim
Finlay Currie (1878-1968)
as Balthasar and the narrator
Martha Scott (1912-2003)
as Miriam
Cathy O’Donnell (1923-1970)
as Tirzah
Haya Harareet (1931-2021)
as Esther
Sam Jaffe (1891-1984)
as Simonides
Frank Thring (1926-1994)
as Pontius Pilate
Terence Longdon (1922-2011)
as Drusus
George Relph (1888-1960)
as Tiberius Caesar
André Morell (1909-1978)
as as Sextus
Duncan Lamont (1918-1978)
as Marius
Marina Berti (1924-2002)
as Flavia