The Ten Commandments is an American English language film released in the year 1956. It is a epic religious drama film based on Prince of Egypt of 1949 by Dorothy Clarke Wilson, Pillar of Fire of 1859 by J. H. Ingraham, On Eagle’s Wings of 1937 by A. E. Southon, the Books of Exodus. The Ten Commandments was directed by Cecil B. DeMile; produced by Cecil B. DeMile; starring Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nina Foch, Martha Scott, Judith Anderson, Vincent Price. It has a screen running time of 220 minutes and was released on 8th November 1956 at United States.
The Ten Commandments Crew
Directed by | Cecil B. DeMile |
Produced by | Cecil B. DeMile |
Production house | Motion Picture Associates |
Screenplay by | Aeneas MacKenzie Jesse L. Lasky Jr. Jack Gariss Fredric M. Frank |
Cinematography by | Loyal Griggs |
Edited by | Anne Bauchens |
Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
The Ten Commandments Cast
- Charlton Heston as Moses (and the voice of God at the Burning Bush)
- Yul Brynner as Rameses II
- Anne Baxter as Nefretiri
- Edward G. Robinson as Dathan
- Yvonne De Carlo as Sephora
- Debra Paget as Lilia
- John Derek as Joshua
- Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Seti I
- Nina Foch as Bithiah
- Martha Scott as Yochabel
- Judith Anderson as Memnet
- Vincent Price as Baka
- John Carradine as Aaron
- Olive Deering as Miriam
- Douglass Dumbrille as Jannes
- Frank de Kova as Abiram
- Henry Wilcoxon as Pentaur
- Eduard Franz as Jethro
- Donald Curtis as Mered
- Lawrence Dobkin as Hur Ben Caleb
- H. B. Warner as Amminadab
- Julia Faye as Elisheba
- Lisa Mitchell, Noelle Williams, Joanna Merlin, Pat Richard, Joyce Vanderveen, and Diane Hall as Jethro’s Daughters
- Abbas El Boughdadly as Rameses’ Charioteer
- Fraser Heston as The Infant Moses
- John Miljan as The Blind One
- Francis J. McDonald as Simon
- Ian Keith as Rameses I
- Paul De Rolf as Eleazar
- Woodrow Strode as King of Ethiopia
- Tommy Duran as Gershom
- Eugene Mazzola as Rameses’ Son
- Ramsay Hill as Korah
- Joan Woodbury as Korah’s Wife
- Esther Brown as Princess Tharbis
- Babette Bain as Little Miriam
- Kathy Garver as Rachel
Where was the movie The Ten Commandments filmed?
Hollywood, California
Is any actor still alive from The Ten Commandments?
Debra Paget