The Ten Commandments

1956 PG-13 3h 40m

7.8 /10

1.8K

Genre

Drama History

Plot

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

Stars

Charlton Heston Yul Brynner Anne Baxter

Cast & Crew

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

Eric Alden

High Ranking Officer / Taskmaster / Slave / Officer

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

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

Mike Connors

Amalekite Herder (as Touch Connors)

Slave Woman / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor

Mimi Gibson

The Blind One's Granddaughter

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

Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Slave

Hebrew at Golden Calf / Nobleman

John Merton

Architect's Assistant

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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

Slave / Hebrew at Golden Calf

Hebrew at Golden Calf / Young Woman / Hebrew in Exodus

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

Luis Alberni

Old Hebrew at Moses' House (uncredited)

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)

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)

Old Slave / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)

Herbert Lytton

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

Nico Minardos

Courtier (uncredited)

Egyptian Guard (uncredited)

Spearman / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)

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Alan Wells

Hebrew at Crag and Corridor (uncredited)

Paul Wexler

Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)

User Reviews

Geronimo1967

1 Jun 2024

Until very recently, I had never actually made it all the way through this Cecil B. De Mille marathon. It is a glorious piece of cinema but no amount ...

moard

20 Nov 2023

As good today as in 1956 This film consists of an all star cast and is an amazing movie. The special effects are incredible especially for 1956. Th...

John Chard

12 Apr 2020

His God "is" God! The Ten Commandments is at the top end of Hollywood historical epics. It was to be Cecil B. DeMille's last ever directing assignm...

CatEllington

22 Feb 2017

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