Directed by William WylerStarring Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Sam Jaffe, Finlay Currie, Frank Thring, Terence Longdon, George Relph, and Andre Morell
One of the most famous movies to come out of Hollywood, Ben-Hur is the quitessential Biblical epic. Biblical epics are not really my thing, but I did like this one more than most of the others. Charlton Heston gives a surprisingly understated performance with the title role, and Hugh Griffith brings some much needed comic relief. Both won Oscars for their performances. The movie does not give into many of the cliches that many of the others from its genre do, but it's still definitely a Biblical epic. It's a movie to see because it's a classic, but you can put it back on the shelf after that.
Other nominees: Anatomy of a Murder (Otto Preminger), The Diary of Anne Frank (George Stevens), The Nun's Story (Fred Zinnemann), and Room at the Top (Jack Clayton)
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