Ben-Hur (1959)
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.
Cast
Charlton Heston
Judah Ben-Hur
Haya Harareet
Esther
Stephen Boyd
Messala
Martha Scott
Miriam
Cathy O'Donnell
Tirzah
Jack Hawkins
Quintus Arrius
Sam Jaffe
Simonides
Hugh Griffith
Scheich Ildirim
Finlay Currie
Balthasar
Frank Thring
Pontius Pilatus
George Relph
Tiberius Caesar
André Morell
Sextus
Terence Longdon
Drusus
Ady Berber
Malluch
Lando Buzzanca
Jewish Slave in the Desert (uncredited)