Ben-Hur: Quick Facts

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Awards And Honors	Academy Award (1960)

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Charlton Heston in Ben-Hur

Charlton Heston as Judah Ben-Hur, shirtless and grim-faced, rows alongside other enslaved men in the crowded hold of a Roman galley ship in the film Ben-Hur (1959).

Movie director William Wyler, right, stands with actors Charlton Heston, left, and Stephen Boyd, center, on the set of Ben-Hur, with a large arena and statue in the background.

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