The Ten Commandments (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.
Director:
Cecil B. DeMille
Writers:
Fredric M. Frank, Jesse Lasky Jr., Jack Gariss, Æneas MacKenzie.
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Charlton Heston as Moses |
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Yul Brynner as Rameses |
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Anne Baxter as Nefretiri |
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Edward G. Robinson as Dathan |
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Yvonne De Carlo as Sephora |
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Debra Paget as Lilia |
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John Derek as Joshua |
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Cedric Hardwicke as Sethi |
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Nina Foch as Bithiah |
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Martha Scott as Yochabel |
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Judith Anderson as Memnet |
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Vincent Price as Baka |
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John Carradine as Aaron |
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Olive Deering as Miriam |
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Douglass Dumbrille as Jannes |
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Frank De Kova as Abiram |
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Henry Wilcoxon as Pentaur |
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Eduard Franz as Jethro |
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Donald Curtis as Mered |
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Lawrence Dobkin as Hur Ben Caleb |
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H.B. Warner as Amminadab |
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Julia Faye as Elisheba |
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Lisa Mitchell as Jethro's Daughter |
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Noelle Williams as Jethro's Daughter |
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Joanna Merlin as Jethro's Daughter |
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Pat Richard as Jethro's Daughter |
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Joyce van der Veen as Jethro's Daughter |
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Diane Hall as Jethro's Daughter |
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Abbas El Boughdadly as Rameses' Charioteer |
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Fraser Clarke Heston as The Infant Moses |
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John Miljan as The Blind One |
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Francis McDonald as Simon |
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Ian Keith as Rameses I |
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Paul De Rolf as Eleazar |
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Woody Strode as King of Ethiopia |
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Tommy Duran as Gershom |
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Eugene Mazzola as Rameses' Son |
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Ramsay Hill as Korah |
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Joan Woodbury as Korah's Wife |
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Esther Brown as Princess Tharbis |
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Rushdy Abaza as (as Rushti Abaza) |
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Dorothy Adams as Slave Woman / Hebrew at Golden Calf / Hebrew at Rameses' Gate |
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Eric Alden as High Ranking Officer / Taskmaster / Slave / Officer |
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E.J. André as Sheik of Hazerath |
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Babette Bain as Little Miriam |
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Baynes Barron as Taskmaster |
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Kay Bell as Taskmaster / Red-Bearded Slave |
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Mary Benoit as Guardian of the Prince / Court Woman / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Mother |
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Henry Brandon as Commander of the Hosts |
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Robert Carson as Eleazar as an Adult |
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Bobby Clark as Little Boy in Exodus |
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Rus Conklin as Whip-Scarred Brick-Carrier / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent |
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Mike Connors as Amalekite Herder (as Touch Connors) |
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Henry Corden as Sheik of Sinai |
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Edna Mae Cooper as Woman of the Court |
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Kem Dibbs as Corporal |
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Maude Fealy as Slave Woman / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor |
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Mimi Gibson as The Blind One's Granddaughter |
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Gavin Gordon as Trojan Ambassador |
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Diane Gump as Slave |
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Nancy Hale as Court Lady in Pool |
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June Jocelyn as Court Lady / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent / Wife of Overseer |
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Richard Kean as Old Hebrew at Moses' House / Hebrew Toward Corridor |
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Gail Kobe as Pretty Slave Girl |
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Fred Kohler Jr. as Foreman |
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Kenneth MacDonald as Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Slave |
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Peter Mamakos as Chief Driver |
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Irene Martin as Tuya |
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George Melford as Hebrew at Golden Calf / Nobleman |
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John Merton as Architect's Assistant |
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Amena Mohamed as Architect's Assistant |
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Paula Morgan as Hebrew Woman / Slave Woman |
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Dorothy Neumann as Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Slave / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent |
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John Parrish as Sheik of Rephidim |
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Rodd Redwing as Taskmaster / Hebrew at Golden Calf |
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Addison Richards as Fan Bearer |
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Keith Richards as Hebrew at Golden Calf / Courtier / Slave / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Overseer |
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Hal Sherman as Slave |
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Marcoreta Starr as Slave / Hebrew at Golden Calf |
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Onslow Stevens as Lugal |
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Clint Walker as Sardinian Captain |
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Amanda Webb as Hebrew at Golden Calf / Young Woman / Hebrew in Exodus |
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Frank Wilcox as Wazir |
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Jeane Wood as Slave / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Hebrew at Golden Calf |
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Luis Alberni as Old Hebrew at Moses' House (uncredited) |
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Lillian Albertson as Slave (uncredited) |
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Barbara Aler as Lady from Edon / Priestess / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited) |
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Michael Ansara as Taskmaster (uncredited) |
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William Bagdad as Slave (uncredited) |
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Arthur Batanides as Hebrew at Golden Calf / Hebrew at Rameses' Gate (uncredited) |
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Polly Burson as Slave (uncredited) |
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Lesley-Marie Colburn as Slave Child (uncredited) |
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Fairy Cunningham as Court Lady / Slave (uncredited) |
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Cecil B. DeMille as Narrator (uncredited) |
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Richard Farnsworth as Chariot Driver (uncredited) |
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Frank Hagney as Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited) |
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Kay Hammond as Grease Woman (uncredited) |
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John Hart as Cretan Ambassador (uncredited) |
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Bob Herron as Courier (uncredited) |
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Madeleine Taylor Holmes as Slave (uncredited) |
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Rex Ingram as Bit Part (uncredited) |
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Mary Ellen Kay as Court Lady in Pool (uncredited) |
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Charlotte Knight as Slave (uncredited) |
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Norman Leavitt as Slave (uncredited) |
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Emmett Lynn as Old Slave / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited) |
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Herbert Lytton as Sethi's Attendant / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor (uncredited) |
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Nico Minardos as Courtier (uncredited) |
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Steve Mitchell as Slave (uncredited) |
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Ron Nyman as Egyptian Guard (uncredited) |
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Charles Stevens as Slave (uncredited) |
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Carl Switzer as Slave (uncredited) |
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Robert Vaughn as Spearman / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited) |
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Alan Wells as Hebrew at Crag and Corridor (uncredited) |
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Paul Wexler as Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited) |
| Writing | Fredric M. Frank | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jesse Lasky Jr. | Screenplay |
| Camera | Loyal Griggs | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Cecil B. DeMille | Director |
| Writing | Jack Gariss | Screenplay |
| Art | Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Production | Cecil B. DeMille | Producer |
| Art | Walter H. Tyler | Art Direction |
| Writing | Æneas MacKenzie | Screenplay |
| Editing | Anne Bauchens | Editor |
| Writing | A.E. Southon | Novel |
| Writing | Dorothy Clarke Wilson | Novel |
| Art | Albert Nozaki | Art Direction |
| Writing | J.H. Ingraham | Novel |
| Crew | Polly Burson | Stunts |
| Camera | W. Wallace Kelley | Additional Photography |
| Directing | Francisco Day | Assistant Director |
| Crew | LeRoy Prinz | Choreographer |
| Directing | Edward Salven | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Michael D. Moore | Assistant Director |
| Camera | John F. Warren | Additional Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank McCoy | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Daniel McCauley | Assistant Director |
| Production | Henry Wilcoxon | Associate Producer |
| Art | Ray Moyer | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Ruth Godfrey | Choreographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | J. Peverell Marley | Additional Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nellie Manley | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Loren Janes | Stunts |
| Crew | George R. Hughes | Thanks |
| Sound | Gene Garvin | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dorothy Jeakins | Costume Design |
| Crew | William C. Hayes | Thanks |
| Art | Gordon Cole | Property Master |
| Crew | Frances Dawson | Other |
| Crew | Farciot Edouart | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Arnold Friberg | Costume Design |
| Production | C. Kenneth Deland | Production Manager |
| Crew | Labib Habachi | Thanks |
| Sound | Louis Mesenkop | Recording Supervision |
| Crew | Paul K. Lerpae | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Jensen | Costume Design |
| Crew | Rudolph Lupo | Thanks |
| Art | Robert Goodstein | Property Master |
| Directing | Arthur Rosson | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Harry Lindgren | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ralph Jester | Costume Design |
| Production | Donald Robb | Production Manager |
| Production | Gladys Percey | Researcher |
| Crew | Ralph Marcus | Thanks |
| Art | Jerry Cook | Construction Coordinator |
| Crew | Keith C. Seele | Thanks |
| Camera | Richard Mueller | Other |
| Production | Henry Noerdlinger | Researcher |
| Crew | Donald MacLean | Other |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Production | Frank Caffey | Production Manager |
| Crew | John P. Fulton | Special Effects |
| Directing | Fouad Aref | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Elmer Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Olga Celeste | Animal Wrangler |
| Crew | Bob Herron | Stunts |
| Visual Effects | Albert Simpson | Matte Painter |
| Camera | Norbert Haring | Grip |
| Production | Doris Turner | Production Secretary |
| Camera | Albert Scheving | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Loren L. Ryder | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bud Bashaw Jr. | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Murray Young | Key Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helen Lierly | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Glen E. Richardson | Still Photographer |
| Sound | George Dutton | Sound Effects Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera Tomei | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Joshua Meador | Special Effects |