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Genres:
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Action /
Adventure /
Drama /
History /
Romance /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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William Wyler
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Actors:
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Finlay Currie,
Sam Jaffe,
Stephen Boyd,
Frank Thring,
Cathy O'Donnell,
Haya Harareet,
Charlton Heston,
Jack Hawkins,
Hugh Griffith,
Martha Scott
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Duration:
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212 min.
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Rating:
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(8.2/10)126
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Plot Summary:
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When Prince Judah Ben-Hur hears that his childhood friend Messala has been named to command the Roman garrison of Jerusalem, he is thrilled. He lickety-split finds, still, that his friend has changed and has become an cavalier conqueror, jammed of the grandeur of Rome. When Judah refuses to divulge the names of Jews who oppose Roman routine, Messala decides to make an illustration of him and sends him free as a galley work like a Trojan. Through collapse and permissible fortune, Judah survives the galleys and manages to return to Jerusalem in the hopes of finding his protect and sister, who w... ere also imprisoned, and to seek repayment against his one-time man.
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Ben-Hur
"...William Wyler's 1959 Roman drama has a self-certitude and sheer spread that's jaw-dropping..."
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