Ben-Hur The entertainment experience of a lifetime! Release date: 1959-11-18 Genres: History, Drama, Adventure, Action Actors: Sam Jaffe, Duncan Lamont, Richard Hale, Edwin Richfield, Lando Buzzanca, Marina Berti, Charlton Heston, Joe Canutt, André Morell, Jack Hawkins, Osiride Pevarello, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, John Horsley, Ferdy Mayne, José Greci, David Davies, Cliff Lyons, Stephen Boyd, John Le Mesurier, Haya Harareet, Franco Fantasia, Frank Thring, Laurence Payne, Mino Doro, Howard Lang, Robert Brown, Cathy O'Donnell, Maxwell Shaw, Joe Yrigoyen, Tutte Lemkow, Giuliano Gemma, Ralph Truman, Enzo Fiermonte, Michael Dugan, Richard Coleman, May McAvoy, Finlay Currie, Hector Ross, Pietro Tordi, Antonio Corevi, Aldo Silvani, Aldo Cecconi, Jerry Brown, Nazzareno Zamperla, Aldo Pini, Terence Longdon, George Relph, Dervis Ward, Ady Berber, Gianni Solaro, Amerigo Santarelli, Stevenson Lang, Renzo Pevarello, Artemio Antonini, Gianni Di Segni, Stella Rho, Tiberio Mitri, Liana Del Balzo, Remington Olmsted, Raimondo Van Riel, Mario Meniconi, Claude Heater, Terzo Monachesi, Armando Fracassi, Diego Pozzetto Direction: Giorgio Ubaldi Budget: $15,000,000Revenue: $164,000,000 Runtime: 3 h. 32 min. Score: 7.9/10 Votes: 2,927 Countries: United States of America Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Available* : Overview: In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.