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Directed By
William Wyler
Director
Written By
Lew Wallace
A Tale of Christ
Karl Tunberg
screen play by
Gore Vidal
contributing writer
Maxwell Anderson
contributing writer
S.N. Behrman
contributing writer
Christopher Fry
contributing writer
Cast
Charlton Heston
Judah Ben-Hur
Jack Hawkins
Quintus Arrius
Haya Harareet
Esther
Stephen Boyd
Messala
Hugh Griffith
Sheik Ilderim
Martha Scott
Miriam
Cathy O'Donnell
Tirzah
Sam Jaffe
Simonides
Finlay Currie
Balthasar / Narrator
Frank Thring
Pontius Pilate
Terence Longdon
Drusus
George Relph
Tiberius Caesar
André Morell
Sextus
Umberto Alivernini
Officer Spectator at the Chariot Race
Armando Annuale
Witness at the Birth of Jesus
Artemio Antonini
Galley Guard
Nello Appodia
Oarsman
Fortunato Arena
Soldier
Bruno Ariè
Roman Officer
Les Ballets Africains
Dancers at Roman Banquet
Emma Baron
Jewish Woman
Ady Berber
Malluch
Marina Berti
Flavia
Hugh Billingsley
Mario
Jerry Brown
The Corinthian
Robert Brown
Chief of Rowers
Lando Buzzanca
Jewish Slave in the Desert
Alfio Caltabiano
Pirate
Joe Canutt
Sportsman
Otello Capanna
The Byzantine
Emile Carrer
Rower No. 28
Angelo Casadei
Crucifixion March Spectator
Sergio Casadei
The Athenian
Francesco Casaretti
Judah's Stableman
Aristide Catoni
Man Watching the Procession
Pietro Ceccarelli
Roman Officer with Messala
Aldo Cecconi
Galley Guard
Franz Colangeli
Celebration Guest / Senator
Richard Coleman
Metellus
Livia Cordaro
Crucifixion March Spectator
Antonio Corevi
Senator
Michael Cosmo
Raimondo
Alfredo Danesi
The Armenian
David Davies
Quaestor
Carmen de Hohenlohe
Guest at Banquet
Victor De La Fosse
Galley Officer
Vincenzo De Palo
Arab at the Chariot Race
Liana Del Balzo
Guest at Banquet
Consalvo Dell'Arti
Celebration Guest
Gianni Di Segni
Galley Guard on Ship
Mino Doro
Gratus
Michael Dugan
Seaman
Franco Fantasia
Roman Soldier Who Brings Crown to Gratus
Dino Fazio
Marcello
Umberto Felici
Crucifixion Spectator
Tom Felleghy
Officer on rescue ship
Enzo Fiermonte
Galley Officer
Bob Folkerson
Chariot Racer
Armando Fracassi
Arab at the Chariot Race
Giuliano Gemma
Roman Officer with Messala
Oscar Giustini
Rower
John Glenn
Rower No. 42
José Greci
Mary
Richard Hale
Gaspar
Claude Heater
Jesus - The Christ
Prince Hohenlohe
Guest at Banquet
John Horsley
Spintho
Eddie Juaregui
The Athenian
William Kiehl
Soldier
Duncan Lamont
Marius
Howard Lang
Hortator
John Le Mesurier
Doctor
Tutte Lemkow
Leper
Cliff Lyons
The Lubian
Raimondo Magni
Soldier in the Bath House
Ugo Mari
Noble Spectator at the Chariot Race
Luigi Marra
The Syrian
Ferdy Mayne
Captain of Rescue Ship
May McAvoy
Woman in Crowd
Nona Medici
Guest at Banquet
Furio Meniconi
Soldier
Mario Meniconi
Crucifixion March Guard
Romano Milani
Nobleman at Quintus' Return to Rome
Tiberio Mitri
Roman at Bath
Terzo Monachesi
Noble Spectator at the Chariot Race
Sandro Mondini
Nobleman at Quintus' Return to Rome
Aldo Mozele
Barca
Spartaco Nale
Rower
Thomas O'Leary
Starter at Race
Remington Olmsted
Decurion
Laurence Payne
Joseph
Osiride Pevarello
Jesus' Listener
Renzo Pevarello
Pirate
Aldo Pial
Cavalry Officer
Vladimiro Picciafuochi
Soldier
Aldo Pini
Bad Thief on Cross
Ferdinando Poggi
Soldier
Diego Pozzetto
Villager
Prince Raimondo
Guest at Banquet
Isarco Ravaioli
Soldier at the Bath House
Produced By
Sol C. Siegel
executive producer
Joseph Vogel
executive producer
William Wyler
producer
Sam Zimbalist
producer
Music
Miklós Rózsa
Composer
Cinematography
Robert Surtees
director of photography
Sound
Sash Fisher
sound recordist
Franklin Milton
recording supervisor
William Steinkamp
sound recordist
Kurt Hernfeld
sound editor
Harold Humbrock
sound editor
Van Allen James
co-supervising sound editor
Kendrick Kinney
sound editor
John Lipow
sound editor
John Logan
sound editor
Milo B. Lory
special sound effects
Lovell Norman
sound editor
Mauro Zambuto
sound engineer
Editing
John D. Dunning
film editor
Ralph E. Winters
film editor
Margaret Booth
Editor
Casting Director
Irene Howard
Casting Director
Production Design
Vittorio Valentini
Production Designer
Art Direction
Edward C. Carfagno
Art Director
William A. Horning
Set Design
Hugh Hunt
Set Decorator
Costumes
Elizabeth Haffenden
Costume Designer
Makeup
Gabriella Borzelli
hair stylist
Charles E. Parker
makeup
John Truwe
makeup artist
Special Effects
Umberto Dessena
special effects
Doug Hubbard
special effects
Petro Vlahos
special effects engineer
Visual Effects
A. Arnold Gillespie
special photographic effects
Robert R. Hoag
special photographic effects
Lee LeBlanc
special photographic effects
Mario Bava
special photographic effects
R.A. MacDonald
visual effects
Cliff Shirpser
special photographic effects
Matthew Yuricich
matte artist
Assistant Director
Gus Agosti
assistant director
Yakima Canutt
second unit director
Alberto Cardone
assistant director
Andrew Marton
second unit director
John Alarimo
second assistant director
Ferdinando Baldi
assistant director
Donald C. Klune
assistant director
Sergio Leone
second unit director
Mario Soldati
second unit director
Richard Thorpe
third unit director
Production Management
Edward Woehler
unit production manager
J.J. Cohn
production manager
Dave Friedman
production manager
Henry Henigson
production manager
Maurizio Lodi-Fè
assistant production supervisor
Art Department
Sante Barelli
scenic artist
Henry Greutert
sculptor
Ken Adam
assistant art director
Mentor Huebner
primary conceptual artist and production illustrator
Harold Michelson
storyboard artist
Massimo Palmieri
contruction manager
Italo Tomassi
head scenic painter
Stunts
Artemio Antonini
stunts
Fortunato Arena
stunts
Bruno Ariè
stunt performer / stunts
Bill Babcock
stunts
Jerry Brown
stunts
Alfio Caltabiano
stunt double: Charlton Heston / stunt performer
Joe Canutt
stunt double: Charlton Heston / stunts
Tap Canutt
stunts
Otello Capanna
chariot driver / stunts
Sergio Casadei
chariot driver / stunts
Alfredo Danesi
chariot master / stunts
Michael Dugan
stunts
Bob Folkerson
chariot driver
Mickey Gilbert
stunts
Oscar Giustini
stunts
Eddie Juaregui
stunts
Cliff Lyons
stunts
Attilio Marra
chariot driver / stunts
Luigi Marra
stunts
Peter Perkins
stunts
Renzo Pevarello
stunts
Ferdinando Poggi
stunts
Nosher Powell
stunts
Glenn Randall Jr.
stunts
Doug Robinson
stunts
Attilio Severini
stunts
David Sharpe
stunts
Boyd Stockman
stunts
Giorgio Ubaldi
stunts
Charles Willcox
chariot driver
Jack Williams
stunts
Joe Yrigoyen
stunt double: Stephen Boyd
Ian Yule
stunts
Nazzareno Zamperla
stunts
Rinaldo Zamperla
stunts
Editorial
Joan Bridge
color consultant: costumes
Charles K. Hagedon
color consultant: settings
Frederick Muller
assistant editor
Fredric Steinkamp
supervising editor
Other
Ferdinando Baldi
historical advisor
Reynold Brown
movie poster art
Oscar Doob
publicist
Morgan Hudgins
unit publicist
Ralph McCutcheon
horse trainer
Enzo Musumeci Greco
master of arms
Glenn H. Randall Sr.
horse trainer
Howard Strickling
publicity director: MGM
Dan S. Terrell
publicist
Mauro Zambuto
set engineer
Music Department
Alfred E. Brain
musician: french horn
Alex Alexander
musician: cello
Gus Bivona
musician: clarinet
John T. Boudreau
musician: drums
Manuel Compinsky
musician: violin
Alexander Courage
orchestrator
Vince De Rosa
musician: french horn
Leonard A. Engel
supervising music editor
Conrad Gozzo
musician: trumpet
Louis Kaufman
musician: violin
Virginia Majewski
musician: viola
Max Rabinowitz
musician: piano
Uan Rasey
musician: trumpet
Miklós Rózsa
conductor / orchestrator
William Saracino
music editor
Eugene Zador
orchestrator
Costume Department
Joan Joseff
costume jeweller
Jack Martell
wardrobe
Camera Department
Raffaele Marino
gaffer
Costantino Mazzero
grip: uncedited
Domenico Parrello
grip
Piero Portalupi
additional photography / camera operator: second unit
Harold E. Wellman
additional photography / camera operator: third unit
Francesco Brescini
lighting technician
Eric Carpenter
still photographer
Nino DiGiovanni
still photographer
Owen Marsh
assistant camera
Meredith M. Nicholson
camera operator: second unit
Edward Phillips
assistant camera
John Schmitz
camera operator
Mario Tosi
assistant camera
Edward Wahrman
assistant camera
Script Department
Yvonne Axworthy
script supervisor
Christopher Fry
script editor
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