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Ben-Hur

on BBC One London

WILLIAM WYLER 'S spectacular epic film starring
Stephen Boyd , Jack Hawkins
In this lavish and stirring film of epic proportions, a strange destiny rules the life of Ben-Hur, a prince of Judah who sets himself against the tyranny of his Roman masters at the time of Christ. Separated from his family and condemned to certain death as a galley slave by his childhood friend Messala, the two are fated to meet again in the arena in a mighty chariot race.
Screenplay by KARL TUNBERG from A Tale of the Christ by MAJ-GEN LEW WALLACE. Produced by SAM ZIMBALIST Directed by WILLIAM WYLER. Films: p 15

Contributors

Unknown:
William Wyler
Unknown:
Stephen Boyd
Unknown:
Jack Hawkins
Unknown:
Karl Tunberg
Unknown:
Maj-Gen Lew Wallace.
Produced By:
Sam Zimbalist
Directed By:
William Wyler.
Judah Ben-Hur:
Charlton Heston
Messala:
Stephen Boyd
Esther:
Haya Harareet
Quintus Arrius:
Jack Hawkins
Sheik Ilderim:
Hugh Griffith
Miriam:
Martha Scott
Tirzah:
Cathy O'Donnell
Pontius Pilate:
Frank Thring
Simonides:
Sam Jaffe
Balthasar:
Finlay Currie
Drusus:
Terence Longdon
Tiberius:
George Relph
Malluch:
Adi Berber
Joseph:
Laurence Payne
Sextus:
André Morell
Flavia:
Marina Berti
The Christ:
Claude Heater
Doctor:
John Le Mesurier

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