Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
- Released on
- Runtime
- 143 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Ramon Novarro
- Francis X. Bushman
- May McAvoy
- Betty Bronson
- Claire McDowell
- Kathleen Key
- Carmel Myers
- Nigel De Brulier
- Mitchell Lewis
- Leo White
- Frank Currier
- Charles Belcher
- Dale Fuller
- Winter Hall
- Reginald Barker
- John Barrymore
- Lionel Barrymore
- Clarence Brown
- Manuel Caballero
- Gilbert Clayton
- Joan Crawford
- Jacob Dance
- Marion Davies
- William Donovan
- Bill Elliott
- Ray Erlenborn
- Douglas Fairbanks
- George Fitzmaurice
- Sidney Franklin
- Rosita Garcia
- Janet Gaynor
- John Gilbert
- Dorothy Gish
- Lillian Gish
- Samuel Goldwyn
- Harry Gordon
- Sid Grauman
- William Green
- Noble Johnson
- Rupert Julian
- Henry King
- Harold Lloyd
- Carole Lombard
- Cliff Lyons
- Mickey Millerick
- Carlotta Monti
- Colleen Moore
- Claude Payton
- Mary Pickford
- Satini Pualoa
- Leonora Summers
- Tom Tyler
- Christiane Yves
- Gary Cooper
- Clark Gable
- Myrna Loy
Director
- Fred Niblo
Producers
- J.J. Cohn
- Samuel Goldwyn
- Louis B. Mayer
- Irving Thalberg
