Summary
The Ten Commandments is an American adventure film first released in 1956,
directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
The film is based on a novel by Dorothy Clarke Wilson and stars Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson and Yvonne De Carlo.
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Credits
- Director: Cecil B. DeMille
- Script: J.H. Ingraham, A.E. Southon, Dorothy Clarke Wilson (novel), Æneas MacKenzie, Jesse Lasky Jr., Jack Gariss, Fredric M. Frank
- Photo: Loyal Griggs
- Music: Elmer Bernstein
- Cast: Charlton Heston (Moses), Yul Brynner (Rameses), Anne Baxter (Nefretiri), Edward G. Robinson (Dathan), Yvonne De Carlo (Sephora), Debra Paget (Lilia), John Derek (Joshua), Cedric Hardwicke (Sethi), Nina Foch (Bithiah), Martha Scott (Yochabel), Judith Anderson (Memnet), Vincent Price (Baka), John Carradine (Aaron), Olive Deering (Miriam), Douglass Dumbrille (Jannes), Frank DeKova (Abiram), Henry Wilcoxon (Pentaur), Eduard Franz (Jethro), Donald Curtis (Mered), Lawrence Dobkin (Hur Ben Caleb), H.B. Warner (Amminadab), Julia Faye (Elisheba), Lisa Mitchell (Jethro’s daughter), Noelle Williams (Jethro’s daughter), Joanna Merlin (Jethro’s daughter), Pat Richard (Jethro’s daughter), Joyce Vanderveen (Jethro’s daughter), Diane Hall (Jethro’s daughter), Abbas El Boughdadly (Rameses’ charioteer), Fraser Clarke Heston (Infant Moses), John Miljan (The Blind One), Francis McDonald (Simon), Ian Keith (Rameses I), Paul De Rolf (Eleazar), Woody Strode (King of Ethiopia), Tommy Duran (Gershom), Eugene Mazzola (Rameses’ son), Ramsay Hill (Korah), Joan Woodbury (Korah’s wife), Esther Brown (Princess Tharbis), Rushdy Abaza, Dorothy Adams (Slave woman), Eric Alden (High Ranking Officer), E.J. André (Sheik of Hazerath), Babette Bain (Little Miriam), Baynes Barron (Taskmaster), Kay Bell (Taskmaster), Mary Benoit (Guardian of the Prince), Henry Brandon (Commander of the Hosts), Robert Carson (Aleazar as an Adult), Bobby Clark (Little Boy in Exodus), Rus Conklin (Whip Scarred Brick Carrier), Mike Connors (Amalekite herder), Henry Corden (Sheik of Sinai), Edna Mae Cooper (Woman of the Court), Kem Dibbs (Corporal), Maude Fealy (Slave Woman), Mimi Gibson (Little Egyptian Girl), Diane Gump (Slave), Nancy Hale (Court Lady in Pool), June Jocelyn (Court Lady), Richard Kean (Old Hebrew at Moses House), Gail Kobe (Pretty Slave Girl), Fred Kohler Jr. (Foreman), Kenneth MacDonald (Hebrew at Crag Corridor), Peter Mamakos (Chief Driver), Irene Martin (Tuya), George Melford (Hebrew at Golden Calf), John Merton (Architect’s Assistant), Amena Mohamed (Architect’s Assistant), Paula Morgan (Hebrew Woman), Dorothy Neumann (Hebrew at Crag Corridor), John Parrish (Sheik of Rephidim), Rodd Redwing (Taskmaster), Addison Richards (Fan Bearer), Keith Richards (Hebrew at Golden Calf), Marcoreta Starr (Slave), Onslow Stevens (Lugal), Clint Walker (Sardinian Captain), Amanda Webb (Hebrew at Golden Calf), Frank Wilcox (Wazir), Jeane Wood (Slave), Richard McGough (Boy), Abdullah Abbas (Taskmaster), Gorgen Raymond Aghayan (Hebrew at Golden Calf), Ahmed Salah Sayed Ahmed (Slave), Luis Alberni (Old Hebrew), Lillian Albertson (Slave), Ted Allan (Hebrew at Rameses’ Gate), Herb Alpert (Drummer on Mt. Sinai), Claire Andre (Slave), Dorothy Andre (Slave), Michael Ansara (Taskmaster), Bart Antinora (Slave), Alan Aric (Hebrew at Golden Calf), Joel Ashley (Taskmaster), Maria Elena Aza (Dancing Girl), William Bagdad (Slave), Vicki Bakken (Egyptian courtesan), Peter Baldwin (Courtier), Patti Ballon (Hebrew girl at Rameses’ Gate), Judith Barrett (Hebrew at Golden Calf), Norman Bartold (Signalman), Betty Bassett (Court Woman), Jack Baston (Fan Bearer), Arthur Batanides (Hebrew at Rameses’ Gate), George Baxter (2nd Wazir), Prudence Beers (Hebrew at Crag and Corridor), Don Bender (Young boy), Marc Bender (Child slave), Richard Bender (Grainary Child), Rita Bennett (Slave), Steven Benson (Kid in massive march), Butch Bernard (Grainary Child), Dehl Berti (Pharaoh’s Manservant), Robert Bice (Sergeant), Jan Bradley (Court Lady), Harriett Brest (Hebrew in Exodus), Cindy Brown (Slave), Linda Sue Brown (Girl with doll), Naaman Brown (Ethiopian), Wanda Brown (Slave), Zeev Bufman (Slave), Rexford Burnett (Slave), Polly Burson (Slave), Iris Burton (Dancer), Herbert Butterfield (Royal Physician), Lillian Buyeff (Mother), Tim Cagney (Moses’ son, age 6), Florine Carlan (Hebrew Woman), Cliff Carnell (Edomite Ambassador), Larry Chance (Taskmaster at Brick Pits), Anna Cheselka (Extra), Babs Christie (Jethro’s Daughter), Ken Christy (Slave), Shari Clark (Slave), Elizabeth Cloud-Miller (Old Hebrew Woman at Moses’ House), Fred Coby (Taskmaster), Peter Coe (Egyptian soldier), Lesley-Marie Colburn (Slave child), Edward Colebrook (Slave), Zebedy Colt (Slave), John Compton (Slave), Roger Creed (Taskmaster), John F. Cretan (Courtier), Dorothy Crider (Hebrew in Exodus), Dean Cromer (Court Man), Kio Cuddy (Priestess), Fairy Cunningham (Court Lady), Jack Cunningham (Spearman), Tony Dante (Libyan Captain), Jann Darlyn (Swimmer), Steve Darrell (Man with bedding), Frankie Darro (Slave), Madelyn Darrow (Court Lady in Pool), James Davies (Hebrew at Golden Calf), Terence de Marney (Hebrew at Rameses’ Gate), Cecil B. DeMille (Himself), Vera Denham (Slave), Adeline De Walt Reynolds (Frail Old Lady), John Diggs (Babylonian Ambassador), Sophie Dimitry (Slave), Allan Douglas (Hebrew in Exodus), John Drexel (Court man), Robert Dumas (Palace Guard), Margie Duncan (Slave), Marjie Duncan (Slave), Edward Earle (Slave), Mohamed El Deeb (Elder), Mah Salah Eldin (Treasury guard), Henry A. Escalante (Taskmaster), Hanaf Abou Esma (Treasury Guard), Anthony Eustrel (First High Priest), Charles Evans (Councillor), Matty Fain (Slave), Gamel Faris (Sergeant), Richard Farnsworth (Chariot driver), Franklyn Farnum (High official), Frank Fayad (Hebrew at Rameses’ Gate), Tido Fedderson (Court lady), Lila Finn (Slave), Jack Fleming (Servant), Mary Elizabeth Forbes (Hebrew woman), Eddie Foster (Slave), Mona Fouad (Slave), Vera Frances (Nubian Slave), John Frederick (Officer), Robert Fuller (Extra), Kathy Garver (Rachel (young slave)), Paul Gary (Slave), Anthony George (Slave), Leonard George (Slave), Hal Gerard (Slave), Jeanne Gerson (Slave Woman with Donkey), Emily Getchell (Old Hebrew Woman), Jo Gilbert (Slave), Richard Gilden (Hebrew in Dathan’s Tent), Andy Glick (Hebrew boy at Rameses’ Gate), Joe Gold (Egyptian guard)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 220 min
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