The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

220 mins | Drama, History | Oct. 5, 1956

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.

The Ten Commandments

220 mins | Drama, History | Oct. 5, 1956

The Ten Commandments
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.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers Paramount, Motion Picture Associates
Original title The Ten Commandments
Directors Fouad Aref, Edward Salven, Francisco Day, Daniel McCauley, Arthur Rosson, Cecil B. DeMille, Michael D. Moore
Writers Fredric M. Frank, Jack Gariss, Æneas MacKenzie, Dorothy Clarke Wilson, A.E. Southon, J.H. Ingraham, Jesse Lasky Jr.

Cast

Charlton Heston

as Moses

Yul Brynner

as Rameses

Anne Baxter

as Nefretiri

Edward G. Robinson

as Dathan

Yvonne De Carlo

as Sephora

Debra Paget

as Lilia

John Derek

as Joshua

Cedric Hardwicke

as Sethi

Nina Foch

as Bithiah

Martha Scott

as Yochabel

Judith Anderson

as Memnet

Vincent Price

as Baka

John Carradine

as Aaron

Olive Deering

as Miriam

Douglass Dumbrille

as Jannes

Frank De Kova

as Abiram

Henry Wilcoxon

as Pentaur

Eduard Franz

as Jethro

Donald Curtis

as Mered

Lawrence Dobkin

as Hur Ben Caleb

H.B. Warner

as Amminadab

Julia Faye

as Elisheba

Lisa Mitchell

as Jethro's Daughter

Noelle Williams

as Jethro's Daughter

Joanna Merlin

as Jethro's Daughter

Pat Richard

as Jethro's Daughter

Joyce van der Veen

as Jethro's Daughter

Diane Hall

as Jethro's Daughter

Abbas El Boughdadly

as Rameses' Charioteer

Fraser Clarke Heston

as The Infant Moses

John Miljan

as The Blind One

Francis McDonald

as Simon

Ian Keith

as Rameses I

Paul De Rolf

as Eleazar

Woody Strode

as King of Ethiopia

Tommy Duran

as Gershom

Eugene Mazzola

as Rameses' Son

Ramsay Hill

as Korah

Joan Woodbury

as Korah's Wife

Esther Brown

as Princess Tharbis

Rushdy Abaza

as (as Rushti Abaza)

Dorothy Adams

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

Eric Alden

as High Ranking Officer / Taskmaster / Slave / Officer

E.J. André

as Sheik of Hazerath

Babette Bain

as Little Miriam

Baynes Barron

as Taskmaster

Kay Bell

as Taskmaster / Red-Bearded Slave

Mary Benoit

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

Henry Brandon

as Commander of the Hosts

Robert Carson

as Eleazar as an Adult

Bobby Clark

as Little Boy in Exodus (as Robert Clark)

Rus Conklin

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

Mike Connors

as Amalekite Herder (as Touch Connors)

Henry Corden

as Sheik of Sinai

Edna Mae Cooper

as Woman of the Court

Kem Dibbs

as Corporal

Maude Fealy

as Slave Woman / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor

Mimi Gibson

as The Blind One's Granddaughter

Gavin Gordon

as Trojan Ambassador (uncredited)

Diane Gump

as Slave

Nancy Hale

as Court Lady in Pool

June Jocelyn

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

Richard Kean

as Old Hebrew at Moses' House / Hebrew Toward Corridor

Gail Kobe

as Pretty Slave Girl

Fred Kohler Jr.

as Foreman

Kenneth MacDonald

as Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Slave

Peter Mamakos

as Chief Driver

Irene Martin

as Tuya

George Melford

as Hebrew at Golden Calf / Nobleman

John Merton

as Architect's Assistant

Amena Mohamed

as Architect's Assistant

Paula Morgan

as Hebrew Woman / Slave Woman

Dorothy Neumann

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

John Parrish

as Sheik of Rephidim

Rodd Redwing

as Taskmaster / Hebrew at Golden Calf

Addison Richards

as Fan Bearer

Keith Richards

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

Hal Sherman

as Slave (uncredited)

Marcoreta Starr

as Slave / Hebrew at Golden Calf

Onslow Stevens

as Lugal

Clint Walker

as Sardinian Captain

Amanda Webb

as Hebrew at Golden Calf / Young Woman / Hebrew in Exodus

Frank Wilcox

as Wazir

Jeane Wood

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

Luis Alberni

as Old Hebrew at Moses' House

Barbara Aler

as Lady from Edon / Priestess / Hebrew at Golden Calf

Michael Ansara

as Taskmaster

William Bagdad

as Slave

Lesley-Marie Colburn

as Slave Child

Fairy Cunningham

as Court Lady / Slave

Kay Hammond

as Grease Woman

Mary Ellen Kay

as Court Lady in Pool

Robert Vaughn

as Spearman / Hebrew at Golden Calf

Alan Wells

as Hebrew at Crag and Corridor (uncredited)

Cecil B. DeMille

as Narrator

Richard Farnsworth

as Chariot Driver