The Ten Commandments (1956)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Cecil B. DeMille

Writers:

J.H. Ingraham (novel) and
A.E. Southon (novel) ...
(more)

Release Date:

5 October 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama

Tagline:

The Greatest Event in Motion Picture History

Plot:

The Egyptian Prince, Moses, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people.

Plot Keywords:

Old Testament | Jew | Biblical Plagues | Dead Boy | Theremin

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations

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 (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Nina Foch	...	Bithiah
Martha Scott	...	Yochabel
Judith Anderson	...	Memnet
Vincent Price	...	Baka
John Carradine	...	Aaron
Olive Deering	...	Miriam
Douglass Dumbrille	...	Jannes
Frank DeKova	...	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 Vanderveen	...	Jethro's daughter
Diane Hall	...	Jethro's daughter
Abbas El Boughdadly	...	Rameses' charioteer
Fraser Clarke Heston	...	Infant Moses (as Fraser Heston)
John Miljan	...	The Blind One
Francis McDonald	...	Simon (as Francis J. McDonald)
Ian Keith	...	Rameses I
Paul De Rolf	...	Eleazar
Woody Strode	...	King of Ethiopia / Litter carrier-slave (as Woodrow Strode)
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 (as E.J. Andre)
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 & Corridor / Mother
Henry Brandon	...	Commander of the Hosts
Robert Carson	...	Aleazar as an Adult
Bobby Clark	...	Little Boy in Exodus (as Robert Clark)
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 & Corridor
Mimi Gibson	...	Little Egyptian Girl
Diane Gump	...	Slave
Nancy Hale	...	Court Lady in Pool
June Jocelyn	...	Court Lady / Hebrew at Crag & 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 & 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 & 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 & Corridor / Overseer
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 & Corridor / Hebrew at Golden Calf
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard McGough	...	Boy (as Ricky McGough)
Abdullah Abbas	...	Taskmaster (uncredited)
Gorgen Raymond Aghayan	...	Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)
Ahmed Salah Sayed Ahmed	...	Slave (uncredited)
Luis Alberni	...	Old Hebrew (uncredited)
Lillian Albertson	...	Slave (uncredited)
Ted Allan	...	Hebrew at Rameses' Gate (uncredited)
Herb Alpert	...	Drummer on Mt. Sinai (uncredited)
Claire Andre	...	Slave (uncredited)
Dorothy Andre	...	Slave (uncredited)
Michael Ansara	...	Taskmaster (uncredited)
Bart Antinora	...	Slave (uncredited)
Alan Aric	...	Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)
Joel Ashley	...	Taskmaster (uncredited)
Maria Elena Aza	...	Dancing Girl (uncredited)
William Bagdad	...	Slave (uncredited)
Vicki Bakken	...	Egyptian courtesan (uncredited)
Peter Baldwin	...	Courtier (uncredited)
Patti Ballon	...	Hebrew girl at Rameses' Gate (uncredited)
Judith Barrett	...	Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)
Norman Bartold	...	Signalman (uncredited)
Betty Bassett	...	Court Woman (uncredited)
Jack Baston	...	Fan Bearer (uncredited)
Arthur Batanides	...	Hebrew at Rameses' Gate / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)
George Baxter	...	2nd Wazir (uncredited)
Prudence Beers	...	Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)
Don Bender	...	Young boy (uncredited)
Marc Bender	...	Child slave (uncredited)
Richard Bender	...	Grainary Child / Child Slave (uncredited)
Rita Bennett	...	Slave (uncredited)
Steven Benson	...	Kid in massive march (uncredited)
Butch Bernard	...	Grainary Child (uncredited)
Dehl Berti	...	Pharaoh's Manservant / Architect's Assistant (uncredited)
Robert Bice	...	Sergeant (uncredited)
Jan Bradley	...	Court Lady / Slave / Hebrew at Crag & Corridor (uncredited)
Harriett Brest	...	Hebrew in Exodus (uncredited)
Cindy Brown	...	Slave (uncredited)
Linda Sue Brown	...	Girl with doll (uncredited)
Naaman Brown	...	Ethiopian (uncredited)
Wanda Brown	...	Slave (uncredited)
Zeev Bufman	...	Slave / Hebrew in Exodus / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)
Rexford Burnett	...	Slave (uncredited)
Polly Burson	...	Slave (uncredited)
Iris Burton	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Herbert Butterfield	...	Royal Physician (uncredited)
Lillian Buyeff	...	Mother (uncredited)
Tim Cagney	...	Moses' son, age 6 (uncredited)
Florine Carlan	...	Hebrew Woman (uncredited)
Cliff Carnell	...	Edomite Ambassador (uncredited)
Larry Chance	...	Taskmaster at Brick Pits (uncredited)
Anna Cheselka	...	Extra (uncredited)
Babs Christie	...	Jethro's Daughter (uncredited)
Ken Christy	...	Slave (uncredited)
Shari Clark	...	Slave / Hebrew toward corridor (uncredited)
Elizabeth Cloud-Miller	...	Old Hebrew Woman at Moses' House (uncredited)
Fred Coby	...	Taskmaster / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)
Peter Coe	...	Egyptian soldier (uncredited)
Lesley-Marie Colburn	...	Slave child (uncredited)
Edward Colebrook	...	Slave (uncredited)
Zebedy Colt	...	Slave (uncredited)
John Compton	...	Slave (uncredited)
Roger Creed	...	Taskmaster / Slave / Baka Guard (uncredited)
John F. Cretan	...	Courtier / slave / Hebrew toward corridor (uncredited)
Dorothy Crider	...	Hebrew in Exodus (uncredited)
Dean Cromer	...	Court Man (uncredited)
Kio Cuddy	...	Priestess (uncredited)
Fairy Cunningham	...	Court Lady / Slave (uncredited)
Jack Cunningham	...	Spearman (uncredited)
Tony Dante	...	Libyan Captain (uncredited)
Jann Darlyn	...	Swimmer (uncredited)
Steve Darrell	...	Man with bedding (uncredited)
Frankie Darro	...	Slave (uncredited)
Madelyn Darrow	...	Court Lady in Pool (uncredited)
James Davies	...	Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)
Terence de Marney	...	Hebrew at Rameses' Gate (uncredited)
Cecil B. DeMille	...	Himself / Narrator (uncredited)
Vera Denham	...	Slave / Hebrew in Dathan's Tent / Hebrew at Crag & Corridor (uncredited)
Adeline De Walt Reynolds	...	Frail Old Lady (uncredited)
John Diggs	...	Babylonian Ambassador (uncredited)
Sophie Dimitry	...	Slave (uncredited)
Allan Douglas	...	Hebrew in Exodus / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)
John Drexel	...	Court man (uncredited)
Robert Dumas	...	Palace Guard (uncredited)
Margie Duncan	...	Slave (uncredited)
Marjie Duncan	...	Slave (uncredited)
Edward Earle	...	Slave (uncredited)
Mohamed El Deeb	...	Elder (uncredited)
Mah Salah Eldin	...	Treasury guard (uncredited)
Henry A. Escalante	...	Taskmaster / Palace Guard (uncredited)
Hanaf Abou Esma	...	Treasury Guard (uncredited)
Anthony Eustrel	...	First High Priest (uncredited)
Charles Evans	...	Councillor (uncredited)
Matty Fain	...	Slave (uncredited)
Gamel Faris	...	Sergeant (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth	...	Chariot driver (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum	...	High official (uncredited)
Frank Fayad	...	Hebrew at Rameses' Gate (uncredited)
Tido Fedderson	...	Court lady (uncredited)
Lila Finn	...	Slave (uncredited)
Jack Fleming	...	Servant (uncredited)
Mary Elizabeth Forbes	...	Hebrew woman / Hebrew at Rameses' Gate (uncredited)
Eddie Foster	...	Slave (uncredited)
Mona Fouad	...	Slave (uncredited)
Vera Frances	...	Nubian Slave (uncredited)
John Frederick	...	Officer / Egyptian Captain (uncredited)
Robert Fuller	...	Extra (uncredited)
Kathy Garver	...	Rachel (young slave) (uncredited)
Paul Gary	...	Slave (uncredited)
Anthony George	...	Slave (uncredited)
Leonard George	...	Slave (uncredited)
Hal Gerard	...	Slave / Hebrew at Crag & Corridor / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)
Jeanne Gerson	...	Slave Woman with Donkey / Hebrew in Exodus (uncredited)
Emily Getchell	...	Old Hebrew Woman / Woman at Moses House (uncredited)
Jo Gilbert	...	Slave (uncredited)
Richard Gilden	...	Hebrew in Dathan's Tent (uncredited)
Andy Glick	...	Hebrew boy at Rameses' Gate (uncredited)
Joe Gold	...	Egyptian guard (uncredited)
Gavin Gordon	...	Trojan Ambassador (uncredited)
Judy Goren	...	Girl with donkey (uncredited)
Cliff Gould	...	Nobleman (uncredited)
Bernie Gozier	...	Extra (uncredited)
Jaclynne Greene	...	Mother (uncredited)
Maia Gregory	...	Slave (uncredited)
Robert Griffin	...	High Priest (uncredited)
Mary Ann Griggs	...	Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)
Jerry Groves	...	Slave (uncredited)
Lyn Guild	...	Slave (uncredited)
Frank Hagney	...	Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton	...	Slave / Hebrew at Crag & Corridor (uncredited)
Kay Hammond	...	Grease Woman (uncredited)
Peter Hansen	...	Young Aide (uncredited)
Charmienne Harker	...	Court Lady / Lady from Crete (uncredited)
Michael Harris	...	Court Man (uncredited)
John Hart	...	Ambassador from Crete (uncredited)
Maurice Hart	...	Slave (uncredited)
Jean Harvey	...	Slave (uncredited)
Paul Harvey	...	Royal Physician (uncredited)
Edmund Hashim	...	Captain of the Guards / Officer / Captain of Trumpeters (uncredited)
Mary Ann Hawkins	...	Slave (uncredited)
Donald Hayne	...	God (Pillar of Fire) (uncredited)
Helene Heigh	...	Court Lady (uncredited)
Len Hendry	...	Hebrew in Dathan's Tent (uncredited)
Bob Herron	...	Courier (uncredited)
Herbert Heyes	...	Old Councillor (uncredited)
Salah Higazy	...	Sergeant (uncredited)
Hallene Hill	...	Old Woman (uncredited)
Ed Hinton	...	Taskmaster / Flagman (uncredited)
Patricia Hitchcock	...	Court Lady (uncredited)
Madeleine Holmes	...	Slave (uncredited)
Robert Hunter	...	Courier (uncredited)
Patricia Iannone	...	Grainary Child (uncredited)
Adele Cook Johnson	...	Court Lady (uncredited)
Lorna Jordon	...	Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)
Eddie Kane	...	Hebrew at Crag & Corridor (uncredited)
Mary Ellen Kay	...	Court Lady in Pool (uncredited)
Max Keith	...	Nobleman (uncredited)
Robert Kendall	...	Slave Boy with Pigeons / Architect's Assistant (uncredited)
Don Kent	...	Captain of Tintyru (uncredited)
George Khoury	...	Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)