1956

220m

The Ten Commandments

Summary

Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.

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 De Kova

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 van der Veen

Jethro's Daughter

Diane Hall

Jethro's Daughter

Abbas El Boughdadly

Rameses' Charioteer

Fraser Clarke Heston

The 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

(as Rushti Abaza)

Dorothy Adams

Slave Woman / Hebrew at Golden Calf / Hebrew at Rameses' Gate

Eric Alden

High Ranking Officer / Taskmaster / Slave / Officer

E.J. André

Sheik of Hazerath

Babette Bain

Little Miriam

Baynes Barron

Taskmaster

Kay Bell

Taskmaster / Red-Bearded Slave

Mary Benoit

Guardian of the Prince / Court Woman / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Mother

Henry Brandon

Commander of the Hosts

Robert Carson

Eleazar as an Adult

Bobby Clark

Little Boy in Exodus

Rus Conklin

Whip-Scarred Brick-Carrier / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent

Mike Connors

Amalekite Herder (as Touch Connors)

Henry Corden

Sheik of Sinai

Edna Mae Cooper

Woman of the Court

Kem Dibbs

Corporal

Maude Fealy

Slave Woman / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor

Mimi Gibson

The Blind One's Granddaughter

Gavin Gordon

Trojan Ambassador

Diane Gump

Slave

Nancy Hale

Court Lady in Pool

June Jocelyn

Court Lady / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent / Wife of Overseer

Richard Kean

Old Hebrew at Moses' House / Hebrew Toward Corridor

Gail Kobe

Pretty Slave Girl

Fred Kohler Jr.

Foreman

Kenneth MacDonald

Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Slave

Peter Mamakos

Chief Driver

Irene Martin

Tuya

George Melford

Hebrew at Golden Calf / Nobleman

John Merton

Architect's Assistant

Amena Mohamed

Architect's Assistant

Paula Morgan

Hebrew Woman / Slave Woman

Dorothy Neumann

Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Slave / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent

John Parrish

Sheik of Rephidim

Rodd Redwing

Taskmaster / Hebrew at Golden Calf

Addison Richards

Fan Bearer

Keith Richards

Hebrew at Golden Calf / Courtier / Slave / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Overseer

Hal Sherman

Slave

Marcoreta Starr

Slave / Hebrew at Golden Calf

Onslow Stevens

Lugal

Clint Walker

Sardinian Captain

Amanda Webb

Hebrew at Golden Calf / Young Woman / Hebrew in Exodus

Frank Wilcox

Wazir

Jeane Wood

Slave / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Hebrew at Golden Calf

Luis Alberni

Old Hebrew at Moses' House (uncredited)

Lillian Albertson

Slave (uncredited)

Barbara Aler

Lady from Edon / Priestess / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)

Michael Ansara

Taskmaster (uncredited)

William Bagdad

Slave (uncredited)

Arthur Batanides

Hebrew at Golden Calf / Hebrew at Rameses' Gate (uncredited)

Polly Burson

Slave (uncredited)

Lesley-Marie Colburn

Slave Child (uncredited)

Fairy Cunningham

Court Lady / Slave (uncredited)

Cecil B. DeMille

Narrator (uncredited)

Richard Farnsworth

Chariot Driver (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)

Kay Hammond

Grease Woman (uncredited)

John Hart

Cretan Ambassador (uncredited)

Bob Herron

Courier (uncredited)

Madeleine Taylor Holmes

Slave (uncredited)

Rex Ingram

Bit Part (uncredited)

Mary Ellen Kay

Court Lady in Pool (uncredited)

Charlotte Knight

Slave (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt

Slave (uncredited)

Emmett Lynn

Old Slave / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)

Herbert Lytton

Sethi's Attendant / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor (uncredited)

Nico Minardos

Courtier (uncredited)

Steve Mitchell

Slave (uncredited)

Ron Nyman

Egyptian Guard (uncredited)

Charles Stevens

Slave (uncredited)

Carl Switzer

Slave (uncredited)

Robert Vaughn

Spearman / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)

Alan Wells

Hebrew at Crag and Corridor (uncredited)

Paul Wexler

Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Cecil B. DeMille

Novel

J.H. Ingraham

Novel

A.E. Southon

Novel

Dorothy Clarke Wilson

Screenplay

Jesse Lasky Jr.

Screenplay

Æneas MacKenzie

Screenplay

Jack Gariss

Screenplay

Fredric M. Frank

Reviews

CatEllington

February 22, 2017

(The King of Egypt - with his sword drawn - and his Queen, together, converse about killing Moses, servant of the Most High God) ...

Queen Nefretiri: 'Bring it back to me, stained with his blood!'

Pharoah Rameses: 'I will... to mingle with your own!'

Inspired by the Book of Exodus, this Cecil B. DeMille-directed, Academy Award-winning biblical epic, the seventh most successful film of all-time, needs no further analysis.

Among the undisputed, where exceptionally classic one-liners are concerned, The Ten Commandments is a timeless generational masterpiece, and a National Film Registry-honored landmark of the Hollywood cinema industry ... Period.

Five out of five glittering stars.