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Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.Read moreLess
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.
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Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.
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Ramon NovarroJudah Ben-Hur
Francis X. BushmanMessala
May McAvoyEsther
Betty BronsonMary
Claire McDowellPrincess of Hur
Kathleen KeyTirzah
Carmel MyersIras
Nigel De BrulierSimonides
Mitchell LewisSheik Ilderim
Leo WhiteSanballat
Frank CurrierQuintus Arrius
Charles BelcherBalthazarExplore the crew
- Producer
- Louis B. Mayer
- Editor
- Lloyd Nosler
- Director of Photography
- Clyde De Vinna
- Director of Photography
- René Guissart
- Director
- Fred Niblo
- Producer
- J.J. Cohn
- Director of Photography
- Karl Struss
- Director of Photography
- Percy Hilburn
- Original Music Composer
- William Axt
- Producer
- Irving Thalberg
- Producer
- Samuel Goldwyn
- Original Music Composer
- David Mendoza