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.

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Charlton Heston
• Stephen Boyd
• Hugh Griffith
• Jack Hawkins
• Haya Harareet
• Martha Scott
• Cathy O'Donnell
• Sam Jaffe