Cast
Charlton Heston
Judah Ben-Hur
Stephen Boyd
Messala
Hugh Griffith
Scheich Ildirim
Jack Hawkins
Quintus Arrius
Haya Harareet
Esther
Martha Scott
Miriam
Cathy O'Donnell
Tirzah
Sam Jaffe
Simonides
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)
Giuliano Gemma
Roman Officer with Messala (uncredited)
Marina Berti
Flavia (uncredited)
Robert Brown
Chief of Rowers (uncredited)
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Liana Del Balzo
Guest at Banquet (uncredited)
Enzo Fiermonte
Galley Officer (uncredited)
Richard Hale
Gaspar (uncredited)
Duncan Lamont
Marius (uncredited)
John Le Mesurier
Doctor (uncredited)
Ferdy Mayne
Captain of Rescue Ship (uncredited)
Crew
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
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
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