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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.
Year: 1959
Genre: History, Drama, Adventure, Action
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Martha Scott
Crew: William Wyler (Director), Karl Tunberg (Screenplay), Sam Zimbalist (Producer), Miklós Rózsa (Original Music Composer), Robert Surtees (Director of Photography), John D. Dunning (Editor)
Runtime: 222 minutes
Release: Nov 18, 1959
IMDb: 7.88/10 by 2,846 users
Popularity: 11
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 15,000,000
Revenue: 164,000,000
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