Ben-Hur
(1959)
Director:
William Wyler
Writer:
Karl Tunberg, Lew Wallace
Cast:
Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith
In 26 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.