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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
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Directed by
Fred Niblo 
Charles Brabin (uncredited)
Christy Cabanne (uncredited)
J.J. Cohn (uncredited)
Rex Ingram (uncredited)
 
Writing credits
Lew Wallace (novel) (as General Lew Wallace)

June Mathis (adaptation)

Carey Wilson (scenario)

Carey Wilson (continuity) and
Bess Meredyth (continuity)

Katherine Hilliker (titles) (as Katharine Hilliker) and
H.H. Caldwell (titles)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
Ramon Novarro ... Judah Ben-Hur
Francis X. Bushman ... Messala
May McAvoy ... Esther
Betty Bronson ... Mary
Claire McDowell ... Princess of Hur
Kathleen Key ... Tirzah
Carmel Myers ... Iras
Nigel De Brulier ... Simonides
Mitchell Lewis ... Sheik Ilderim
Leo White ... Sanballat
Frank Currier ... Quintus Arrius
Charles Belcher ... Balthazar
Dale Fuller ... Amrah
Winter Hall ... Joseph
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Reginald Barker ... Crowd extra in chariot race (uncredited)

John Barrymore ... Crowd extra in chariot race (uncredited)

Lionel Barrymore ... Crowd extra in chariot race (uncredited)
Clarence Brown ... Crowd extra in chariot race (uncredited)
Gilbert Clayton ... Extra (uncredited)

Gary Cooper ... Extra (uncredited)

Joan Crawford ... Crowd extra in chariot race (uncredited)
Marion Davies ... Crowd extra in chariot race (uncredited)
William Donovan ... Extra (uncredited)
Ray Erlenborn ... Extra (uncredited)

Douglas Fairbanks ... Crowd extra in chariot race (uncredited)
George Fitzmaurice ... Crowd extra in chariot race (uncredited)
Sidney Franklin ... Crowd extra in chariot race (uncredited)

Clark Gable ... Extra (uncredited)

Rosita Garcia ... Slave Girl (uncredited)

Janet Gaynor ... Slave Girl (uncredited)

John Gilbert ... Crowd extra in chariot race (uncredited)
Dorothy Gish ... Crowd extra in chariot race (uncredited)

Lillian Gish ... Crowd extra in chariot race (uncredited)
Samuel Goldwyn ... Crowd extra in chariot race (uncredited)
Harry Gordon ... Centurion (uncredited)
Sid Grauman ... Crowd extra in chariot race (uncredited)
William Green ... Extra (uncredited)
Joyzelle Joyner ... Slave Girl (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
Rupert Julian ... Crowd extra in chariot race (uncredited)
Henry King ... Crowd extra in chariot race (uncredited)

Harold Lloyd ... Crowd extra in chariot race (uncredited)

Carole Lombard ... Slave Girl (uncredited)

Myrna Loy ... Slave Girl (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons ... Chariot driver (uncredited)
Mickey Millerick ... Extra (uncredited)
Carlotta Monti ... Slave Girl (uncredited)
Colleen Moore ... Crowd extra in chariot race (uncredited)
Claude Payton ... Jesus (uncredited)

Mary Pickford ... Crowd extra in chariot race (uncredited)
Sally Rand ... Slave Girl (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
Leonora Summers ... Extra (uncredited)
Tom Tyler ... Chariot driver (uncredited)
Fay Wray ... Slave Girl (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
Christiane Yves ... Hedonist (uncredited)
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Produced by
J.J. Cohn .... producer (uncredited)
Samuel Goldwyn .... producer (uncredited)
Louis B. Mayer .... producer (uncredited)
Irving Thalberg .... producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Carl Davis (1987)
William Axt (uncredited)
David Mendoza (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Clyde De Vinna  (as Clyde DeVinna)
René Guissart 
Percy Hilburn 
Karl Struss 
Glenn Kershner (uncredited)
 
Film Editing by
Lloyd Nosler 
 
Casting by
Robert McIntyre (uncredited)
 
Art Direction by
Horace Jackson (uncredited)
Harry Oliver (uncredited)
 
Set Decoration by
Cedric Gibbons (settings)
Horace Jackson (settings)
Edwin B. Willis (uncredited)
 
Makeup Department
Max Factor .... body makeup artist (uncredited)
George Westmore .... makeup artist (uncredited)
 
Production Management
Liz Sutherland .... production manager (1987 restored version)
Harry E. Edington .... production manager (uncredited)
Dave Friedman .... unit production manager (uncredited)
Lawrence Marston .... production supervisor (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles Stallings .... assistant director
Silas Clegg .... assistant director (uncredited)
B. Reeves Eason .... second unit director (uncredited)
Henry Hathaway .... assistant director (uncredited)
William Wyler .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Ferdinand P. Earle .... art effects
Carl Bolzic .... plasterer (uncredited)
Ferdinand P. Earle .... assistant art director (uncredited)
A. Arnold Gillespie .... set designer (uncredited)
Harold Grieve .... set designer (uncredited)
Andrew MacDonald .... set constructor (uncredited)
Camillo Mastrocinque .... art director: Italy (uncredited)
E.H. Tate .... painter (uncredited)
C.F. Wilhelm .... construction coordinator (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Dave Evans .... dubbing editor: 1987 restored version
Mike Fairbairn .... dubbing editor: 1987 restored version
 
Visual Effects by
Paul Eagler .... trick photography (uncredited)
Ferdinand P. Earle .... visual effects (uncredited)
Kenneth Gordon MacLean .... miniatures (uncredited)
Frank D. Williams .... traveling matte shots (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Frank McGrath .... stunt performer
B. Reeves Eason .... stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Buster Gallagher .... stunt double: Ramon Novarro (uncredited)
Mickey Millerick .... stunts (uncredited)
David Sharpe .... stunts (uncredited)
Spike Spackman .... stunts (uncredited)
Tom Tyler .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Silvano Balboni .... camera operator (uncredited)
John W. Boyle .... camera operator (uncredited)
Edoardo Bragaglia .... still photographer: Rome (uncredited)
Paul Ivano .... director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
Donald Biddle Keyes .... still photographer (uncredited)
Louis Kolb .... chief electrician (uncredited)
Ruth Harriet Louise .... still photographer (uncredited)
D.W. Martinelli .... additional photographer (uncredited)
George Meehan .... camera operator (uncredited)
George Gordon Nogle .... camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
Cliff Shirpser .... assistant camera (uncredited)
E. Burton Steene .... camera operator (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mrs. E.F. Chaffin .... wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)
Erté .... costumes: Carmel Myers (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
Renata Bernabei .... assistant editor (uncredited)
Irene Coletta .... assistant editor (uncredited)
William Holmes .... assistant editor (uncredited)
Ben Lewis .... assistant editor (uncredited)
Harry Reynolds .... assistant editor (uncredited)
Aubrey Scotto .... assistant editor (uncredited)
Basil Wrangell .... assistant editor (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Edward Bowes .... composer: theme music
Richard Bradford .... music recordist: restored version
Carl Davis .... conductor: new score
Colin Matthews .... orchestrator: Carl Davis
Maurice Baron .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Charles B. Dillingham .... producer: stage version
B. Reeves Eason .... associate director (as Reeves Eason)
Abraham L. Erlanger .... producer: stage version
Alfred Raboch .... associate director (as Alfred L. Raboch)
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. .... producer: stage version
Colonel Braden .... technical advisor (uncredited)
Ferdinand P. Earle .... director: Nativity scene (uncredited)
Henry Hathaway .... assisitant: Mr. Eason (uncredited)
Herbert Howe .... publicist: Mr. Novarro (uncredited)
Mrs. M.F. Lee .... script reader (uncredited)
John M. Nickolaus .... laboratory supervisor (uncredited)
Emma Peterson .... set medic (uncredited)
Miss Remington .... copyist (uncredited)
Miss Underwood .... copyist (uncredited)
William Wyler .... assisitant: Mr. Eason (uncredited)
 

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