Ben-Hur
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3hrs
42mins
Directed by
William Wyler,
Starring
Charlton Heston,
Stephen Boyd,
Hugh Griffith,
Jack Hawkins
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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.