The Ten Commandments
78 %|Oct 5, 1956|Drama, History
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.
Featured Crew
W. Wallace Kelley
Additional Photography
Cecil B. DeMille
Director
J.H. Ingraham
Novel
A.E. Southon
Novel
Dorothy Clarke Wilson
Novel
Æneas MacKenzie
Screenplay
Jesse Lasky Jr.
Screenplay
Jack Gariss
Screenplay
Cast
Charlton Heston
Moses
Yul Brynner
Rameses
Anne Baxter
Nefretiri
Edward G. Robinson
Dathan
Yvonne De Carlo
Sephora
Debra Paget
Lilia
John Derek
Joshua
Cedric Hardwicke
Sethi
Nina Foch
Bithiah
Martha Scott
Yochabel
Judith Anderson
Memnet
Vincent Price
Baka
John Carradine
Aaron
Olive Deering
Miriam
Douglass Dumbrille
Jannes
Frank De Kova
Abiram
Henry Wilcoxon
Pentaur
Eduard Franz
Jethro
Donald Curtis
Mered
Lawrence Dobkin
Hur Ben Caleb
H.B. Warner
Amminadab
Julia Faye
Elisheba
Lisa Mitchell
Jethro's Daughter
Noelle Williams
Jethro's Daughter
Joanna Merlin
Jethro's Daughter
Pat Richard
Jethro's Daughter
Joyce van der Veen
Jethro's Daughter
Diane Hall
Jethro's Daughter
Abbas El Boughdadly
Rameses' Charioteer
Fraser Clarke Heston
The Infant Moses
John Miljan
The Blind One
Francis McDonald
Simon
Ian Keith
Rameses I
Paul De Rolf
Eleazar
Woody Strode
King of Ethiopia
Tommy Duran
Gershom
Eugene Mazzola
Rameses' Son
Ramsay Hill
Korah
Joan Woodbury
Korah's Wife
Esther Brown
Princess Tharbis
Rushdy Abaza
(as Rushti Abaza)
Dorothy Adams
Slave Woman / Hebrew at Golden Calf / Hebrew at Rameses' Gate
Eric Alden
High Ranking Officer / Taskmaster / Slave / Officer
E.J. André
Sheik of Hazerath
Babette Bain
Little Miriam
Baynes Barron
Taskmaster
Kay Bell
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
Robert Carson
Eleazar as an Adult
Bobby Clark
Little Boy in Exodus
Rus Conklin
Whip-Scarred Brick-Carrier / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent
Mike Connors
Amalekite Herder (as Touch Connors)
Henry Corden
Sheik of Sinai
Edna Mae Cooper
Woman of the Court
Kem Dibbs
Corporal
Maude Fealy
Slave Woman / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor
Mimi Gibson
The Blind One's Granddaughter
Gavin Gordon
Trojan Ambassador
Diane Gump
Slave
Nancy Hale
Court Lady in Pool
June Jocelyn
Court Lady / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent / Wife of Overseer
Richard Kean
Old Hebrew at Moses' House / Hebrew Toward Corridor
Gail Kobe
Pretty Slave Girl
Fred Kohler Jr.
Foreman
Kenneth MacDonald
Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Slave
Peter Mamakos
Chief Driver
Irene Martin
Tuya
George Melford
Hebrew at Golden Calf / Nobleman
John Merton
Architect's Assistant
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
Hal Sherman
Slave (uncredited)
Marcoreta Starr
Slave / Hebrew at Golden Calf
Onslow Stevens
Lugal
Clint Walker
Sardinian Captain
Amanda Webb
Hebrew at Golden Calf / Young Woman / Hebrew in Exodus
Frank Wilcox
Wazir
Jeane Wood
Slave / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Hebrew at Golden Calf
Luis Alberni
Old Hebrew at Moses' House
Lillian Albertson
Slave
Barbara Aler
Lady from Edon / Priestess / Hebrew at Golden Calf
Michael Ansara
Taskmaster (uncredited)
William Bagdad
Slave
Lesley-Marie Colburn
Slave Child
Fairy Cunningham
Court Lady / Slave
Kay Hammond
Grease Woman
Mary Ellen Kay
Court Lady in Pool
Robert Vaughn
Spearman / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)
Alan Wells
Hebrew at Crag and Corridor
Richard Farnsworth
Chariot Driver
Nico Minardos
Courtier
Arthur Batanides
Hebrew at Golden Calf/Hebrew at Rameses' Gate
Cecil B. DeMille
Narrator (uncredited)
Ron Nyman
Egyptian Guard (uncredited)
Herbert Lytton
Sethi's Attendant / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor (uncredited)
Emmett Lynn
Old Slave / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
Slave (uncredited)
Charlotte Knight
Slave (uncredited)
Rex Ingram
Bit Part (uncredited)
Bob Herron
Courier (uncredited)
John Hart
Cretan Ambassador (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)
Paul Wexler
Hebrew at Golden Calf
Charles Stevens
Slave (uncredited)
Steve Mitchell
Slave (uncredited)
Polly Burson
Slave (uncredited)