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.
William Wyler | Director |
Karl Tunberg | Screenplay |
Sam Zimbalist | Producer |
Miklós Rózsa | Original Music Composer |
Robert Surtees | Director of Photography |
John D. Dunning | Editor |
Ralph E. Winters | Editor |
Edward C. Carfagno | Art Direction |
William A. Horning | Art Direction |
Hugh Hunt | Set Decoration |