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Ben-Hur

Release Date:November 24, 1959

Running Time:212 min

Genres:Adventure, Drama, History

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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 George Relph André Morell

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

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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