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Ben-Hur (1959)

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Ben-Hur
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Action
Adventure
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Drama
History

Release Date
November 18, 1959
Director
William Wyler
Cast
Charlton Heston , Jack Hawkins , Haya Harareet , Stephen Boyd , Hugh Griffith , Martha Scott
Runtime
212 minutes
Main Genre
Action
Writers
Lew Wallace , Karl Tunberg , Maxwell Anderson , S.N. Behrman , Christopher Fry , Gore Vidal
Tagline
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