The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

(1957)

Tagline

The Greatest Event in Motion Picture History

Starring

Charlton Heston Anne Baxter Yul Brynner Edward G. Robinson Yvonne De Carlo

Director

Cecil B. DeMille

Genre

Drama History

Running Time

220 minutes

The Ten Commandments

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.

Released

13 February 1957

Budget

£13,000,000

Revenue

£65,000,000

Language

English

Studio

Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Associates

Country of Origin

United States of America

Cast

Charlton Heston...Moses
Anne Baxter...Nofretete
Yul Brynner...Ramses
Edward G. Robinson...Dathan
Yvonne De Carlo...Sephora
Debra Paget...Lilia
Nina Foch...Bithiah
Martha Scott...Yochabel
Judith Anderson...Memnet
Vincent Price...Baka
John Carradine...Aaron
Douglass Dumbrille...Jannes
Frank DeKova...Abiram
Henry Wilcoxon...Pentaur
Cedric Hardwicke...Sethi
John Derek...Joshua
Vincent Price...Baka
John Carradine...Aaron
Olive Deering...Miriam
Douglass Dumbrille...Jannes
Frank DeKova...Abiram
Eduard Franz...Jethro
Donald Curtis...Mered
Lawrence Dobkin...Hur Ben Caleb
Woody Strode...King of Ethiopia
Joan Woodbury...Korah's Wife
Henry Brandon...Commander of the Hosts
Clint Walker...Sardinian Captain
Luis Alberni...Old Hebrew
Michael Ansara...Taskmaster
Terence de Marney...Hebrew at Rameses' Gate
Richard Farnsworth...Chariot Driver
Gavin Gordon...Trojan Ambassador
Patricia Hitchcock...Court Lady
Michael Mark...Hebrew at Dathan's Tent / Old Man
Gordon Mitchell...Egyptian Guard
George Robotham...Attendant
Robert Vaughn...Spearman / Hebrew at Golden Calf
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer...Slave
Mike Connors...Amalekite Herder (as Touch Connors)
Henry Corden...Sheik of Sinai
Mimi Gibson...Little Egyptian Girl

Crew

Fredric M. Frank...Screenplay
Albert Nozaki...Art Direction
Hal Pereira...Art Direction
Henry Wilcoxon...Producer
Walter H. Tyler...Art Direction
Elmer Bernstein...Original Music Composer
Jack Gariss...Screenplay
Cecil B. DeMille...Producer
Jesse Lasky Jr....Screenplay
Loyal Griggs...Director of Photography
Anne Bauchens...Editor
Bert McKay...Casting
Æneas MacKenzie...Screenplay
Dorothy Clarke Wilson...Novel
A.E. Southon...Novel
J.H. Ingraham...Novel
Cecil B. DeMille...Director