Overview

In 26 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.

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Cast

Charlton Heston

Stephen Boyd

Hugh Griffith

Jack Hawkins

Haya Harareet

Martha Scott

Cathy O'Donnell

Sam Jaffe

Finlay Currie

Frank Thring