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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

7.3 143 mins Adventure   Drama   Romance   1925
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  
Director(s): Fred Niblo

Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.

Casts of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Ramon Novarro

as Judah Ben-Hur

Francis X. Bushman

as Messala

May McAvoy

as Esther

Betty Bronson

as Mary

Claire McDowell

as Princess of Hur

Kathleen Key

as Tirzah

Carmel Myers

as Iras

Nigel De Brulier

as Simonides

Mitchell Lewis

as Sheik Ilderim

Leo White

as Sanballat

Frank Currier

as Quintus Arrius

Charles Belcher

as Balthazar

Dale Fuller

as Amrah

Winter Hall

as Joseph

Reginald Barker

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

John Barrymore

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Lionel Barrymore

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Clarence Brown

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Manuel Caballero

as Roman Guard (uncredited)

Gilbert Clayton

as (uncredited)

Joan Crawford

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Jacob Dance

as Wealthy Man (uncredited)

Marion Davies

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

William Donovan

as Charioteer of Corinthian Bay Team (uncredited)

Bill Elliott

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Ray Erlenborn

as (uncredited)

Douglas Fairbanks

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

George Fitzmaurice

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Sidney Franklin

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Rosita Garcia

as Slave Girl (uncredited)

Janet Gaynor

as Slave Girl (uncredited)

John Gilbert

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Dorothy Gish

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Lillian Gish

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Samuel Goldwyn

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Harry Gordon

as Centurion (uncredited)

Sid Grauman

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

William Green

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Noble Johnson

as Crowd Member (uncredited)

Rupert Julian

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Henry King

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Harold Lloyd

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Carole Lombard

as Slave Girl (uncredited)

Cliff Lyons

as Charioteer (uncredited)

Mickey Millerick

as (uncredited)

Carlotta Monti

as Slave Girl (uncredited)

Colleen Moore

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Claude Payton

as Jesus Christ (uncredited)

Mary Pickford

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Satini Pualoa

as Extra (uncredited)

Leonora Summers

as (uncredited)

Tom Tyler

as Charioteer (uncredited)

Christiane Yves

as Hedonist (uncredited)

Gary Cooper

as Roman Guard (uncredited)

Clark Gable

as Roman Guard (uncredited)

Myrna Loy

as Slave Girl (uncredited)

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