"The greatest event in motion picture history!"

1956

3h 40m

7.8(1726 votes)

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Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

114 members

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Charlton Heston

Moses

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Yul Brynner

Rameses

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Anne Baxter

Nefretiri

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Edward G. Robinson

Dathan

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Yvonne De Carlo

Sephora

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Debra Paget

Lilia

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John Derek

Joshua

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Cedric Hardwicke

Sethi

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Nina Foch

Bithiah

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Martha Scott

Yochabel

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Judith Anderson

Memnet

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Vincent Price

Baka

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John Carradine

Aaron

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Olive Deering

Miriam

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Douglass Dumbrille

Jannes

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Frank De Kova

Abiram

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Henry Wilcoxon

Pentaur

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Eduard Franz

Jethro

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Donald Curtis

Mered

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Lawrence Dobkin

Hur Ben Caleb

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H.B. Warner

Amminadab

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Julia Faye

Elisheba

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Lisa Mitchell

Jethro's Daughter

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Noelle Williams

Jethro's Daughter

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Joanna Merlin

Jethro's Daughter

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Pat Richard

Jethro's Daughter

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Joyce van der Veen

Jethro's Daughter

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Diane Hall

Jethro's Daughter

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Abbas El Boughdadly

Rameses' Charioteer

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Fraser Clarke Heston

The Infant Moses

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John Miljan

The Blind One

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Francis McDonald

Simon

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Ian Keith

Rameses I

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Paul De Rolf

Eleazar

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Woody Strode

King of Ethiopia

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Tommy Duran

Gershom

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Eugene Mazzola

Rameses' Son

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Ramsay Hill

Korah

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Joan Woodbury

Korah's Wife

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Esther Brown

Princess Tharbis

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رشدي أباظة

(as Rushti Abaza)

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Dorothy Adams

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

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Eric Alden

High Ranking Officer / Taskmaster / Slave / Officer

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E.J. André

Sheik of Hazerath

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Babette Bain

Little Miriam

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Baynes Barron

Taskmaster

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Kay Bell

Taskmaster / Red-Bearded Slave

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Mary Benoit

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

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Henry Brandon

Commander of the Hosts

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Robert Carson

Eleazar as an Adult

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Bobby Clark

Little Boy in Exodus

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Rus Conklin

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

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Mike Connors

Amalekite Herder (as Touch Connors)

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Henry Corden

Sheik of Sinai

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Edna Mae Cooper

Woman of the Court

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Kem Dibbs

Corporal

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Maude Fealy

Slave Woman / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor

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Mimi Gibson

The Blind One's Granddaughter

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Gavin Gordon

Trojan Ambassador

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Diane Gump

Slave

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Nancy Hale

Court Lady in Pool

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June Jocelyn

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

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Richard Kean

Old Hebrew at Moses' House / Hebrew Toward Corridor

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Gail Kobe

Pretty Slave Girl

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Fred Kohler Jr.

Foreman

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Kenneth MacDonald

Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Slave

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Peter Mamakos

Chief Driver

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Irene Martin

Tuya

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George Melford

Hebrew at Golden Calf / Nobleman

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John Merton

Architect's Assistant

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Amena Mohamed

Architect's Assistant

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Paula Morgan

Hebrew Woman / Slave Woman

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Dorothy Neumann

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

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John Parrish

Sheik of Rephidim

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Rodd Redwing

Taskmaster / Hebrew at Golden Calf

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Addison Richards

Fan Bearer

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Keith Richards

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

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Hal Sherman

Slave

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Marcoreta Starr

Slave / Hebrew at Golden Calf

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Onslow Stevens

Lugal

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Clint Walker

Sardinian Captain

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Amanda Webb

Hebrew at Golden Calf / Young Woman / Hebrew in Exodus

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Frank Wilcox

Wazir

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Jeane Wood

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

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Luis Alberni

Old Hebrew at Moses' House (uncredited)

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Lillian Albertson

Slave (uncredited)

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Barbara Aler

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

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Michael Ansara

Taskmaster (uncredited)

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William Bagdad

Slave (uncredited)

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Arthur Batanides

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

Crew

Polly Burson

Slave (uncredited)

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Lesley-Marie Colburn

Slave Child (uncredited)

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Fairy Cunningham

Court Lady / Slave (uncredited)

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Cecil B. DeMille

Narrator (uncredited)

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Richard Farnsworth

Chariot Driver (uncredited)

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Frank Hagney

Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)

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Kay Hammond

Grease Woman (uncredited)

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John Hart

Cretan Ambassador (uncredited)

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Bob Herron

Courier (uncredited)

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Madeleine Taylor Holmes

Slave (uncredited)

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Rex Ingram

Bit Part (uncredited)

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Mary Ellen Kay

Court Lady in Pool (uncredited)

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Charlotte Knight

Slave (uncredited)

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Norman Leavitt

Slave (uncredited)

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Emmett Lynn

Old Slave / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)

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Herbert Lytton

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

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Nico Minardos

Courtier (uncredited)

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Steve Mitchell

Slave (uncredited)

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Ron Nyman

Egyptian Guard (uncredited)

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Charles Stevens

Slave (uncredited)

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Carl Switzer

Slave (uncredited)

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Robert Vaughn

Spearman / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)

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Alan Wells

Hebrew at Crag and Corridor (uncredited)

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Paul Wexler

Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)

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