Project Author: Hakura
June 23, 2025
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Ben-Hur
The entertainment experience of a lifetime!
Genre:
History, Drama, Adventure, Action
Runtime:
222
Released:
1959
Rating:
7.888
Budget:
Box Office:
WRITERS
Karl Tunberg, Lew Wallace
FILM OVERVIEW
Ben-Hur
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.
DIRECTOR
William Wyler
GALLERY
PRODUCTION TEAM
Sam Zimbalist (Producer)
Hugh Hunt (Set Decoration)
Edward C. Carfagno (Art Direction)
William A. Horning (Art Direction)
Miklós Rózsa (Original Music Composer)
Elizabeth Haffenden (Costume Design)
William Wyler (Director)
Edward Woehler (Unit Production Manager)
Karl Tunberg (Screenplay)
Charles E. Parker (Makeup Artist)
CAST MEMBERS
Charlton Heston
Stephen Boyd
Hugh Griffith
Jack Hawkins
Haya Harareet
Martha Scott
Cathy O'Donnell
Sam Jaffe
Finlay Currie
Frank Thring
MORE PRODUCTION
Robert Surtees (Director of Photography), Ralph E. Winters (Editor), John D. Dunning (Editor), Sergio Leone (Second Unit Director), Alberto Cardone (Assistant Director), Gabriella Borzelli (Hairstylist), Robert R. Hoag (Special Effects), William Steinkamp (Sound Recordist), Sash Fisher (Sound Recordist), Lee LeBlanc (Special Effects), A. Arnold Gillespie (Special Effects), Harold E. Wellman (Additional Photography), Lew Wallace (Novel), Piero Portalupi (Additional Photography), Franklin Milton (Recording Supervision)
MORE CAST
George Relph, André Morell, Terence Longdon, Ady Berber, Lando Buzzanca, Giuliano Gemma, Marina Berti, Robert Brown, Liana Del Balzo, Enzo Fiermonte, Richard Hale, Duncan Lamont, John Le Mesurier, Ferdy Mayne, May McAvoy, Aldo Silvani, Ralph Truman, Claude Heater, Joe Canutt, Richard Coleman, Antonio Corevi, David Davies, Mino Doro, Michael Dugan, Franco Fantasia, José Greci, John Horsley, Howard Lang, Stevenson Lang, Tutte Lemkow, Cliff Lyons, Tiberio Mitri, Remington Olmsted, Laurence Payne, Aldo Pini, Diego Pozzetto, Stella Rho, Edwin Richfield, Hector Ross, Maxwell Shaw, Gianni Solaro, Pietro Tordi, Raimondo Van Riel, Dervis Ward, Joe Yrigoyen, Nazzareno Zamperla, Jerry Brown, Eddie Jauregui, Gianni Di Segni, Armando Fracassi, Osiride Pevarello, Renzo Pevarello, Amerigo Santarelli, Artemio Antonini, Aldo Cecconi, Mario Meniconi, Terzo Monachesi, Giorgio Ubaldi
